Constantine Papadakis
Template:Short description Template:Infobox officeholder Constantine Papadakis (February 2, 1946 – April 5, 2009)<ref name=APObit>Template:Cite news</ref> was a Greek-American businessman and the president of Drexel University.
Academic career
Papadakis received his diploma in civil engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in Greece. He came to the United States in 1969 to continue his studies in civil engineering and earn his master's degree from the University of Cincinnati.<ref name="intrust">Template:Cite web</ref> He then went on to earn his doctorate in civil engineering in 1973 from the University of Michigan.<ref name="bio">Template:Cite web</ref>
Papadakis served as head of the civil engineering department at Colorado State University and then dean of University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering prior to 1995.<ref name="blumenthal" /> He was appointed President of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1995 and held that position until his death in 2009. During his tenure, Papadakis doubled the full-time undergraduate enrollment, tripled freshman applications, quintupled the university's endowment, and quintupled research funding.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="blumenthal">Template:Cite news</ref> His salary of $805,000 was the sixth highest among university presidents.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore – republished at: Template:Cite news</ref> After his death Papadakis' total earnings, including life insurance payout, was estimated at over $4 million.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Other activities
Papadakis sat on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange as chairman of the compensation committee.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He also served on the board of trustees of the Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology.<ref name="intrust" />
Death
Papadakis died at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, from pulmonary complications due to pneumonia on April 5, 2009 after battling lung cancer for months.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was 63 years old.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Chairman Message">Template:Cite web</ref>
References
External links
- Drexel University Office of the President
- The Dragon Slayer
- President Constantine Papadakis Exclusive The Triangle
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- 1946 births
- 2009 deaths
- 20th-century American academics
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- American people of Greek descent
- Businesspeople from Athens
- Businesspeople from Philadelphia
- Deaths from lung cancer in Pennsylvania
- National Technical University of Athens alumni
- University of Cincinnati alumni
- University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni