Stuart R. Bell

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Stuart R. Bell
Born	Abilene, Texas
Alma mater	Texas A&M University
Occupation	President of University of Alabama
Term	2015-
Predecessor	Judy Bonner
Spouse(s)	Susan Bell
Children	2 sons, 1 daughter

Stuart R. Bell is an American academic. He became the 29th president of The University of Alabama, located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, July 15, 2015.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Stuart R. Bell was born in Abilene, Texas.^[1] He graduated from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering in 1979.^[1] He received his master's and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M in 1981 and 1986, respectively.^[3]

Career

A 30-year veteran of higher education, Bell started his career as an assistant senior engineer for Mobil Research and Development Corp. in Dallas, Texas. First joining The University of Alabama^[2] in 1986 as an assistant professor in the College of Engineering's department of mechanical engineering, Bell was named department head nine years later. With research interest in combustion engines, Bell has expertise in alternative fuels for engines, innovative engine designs and modeling of engine and engine processes. He directed UA's Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies from 1998-2002. Immediately prior to becoming UA's president, Bell was executive vice president and provost at Louisiana State University.^[2]^[3] During Bell's tenure there and earlier at the University of Kansas, where he served as dean of its College of Engineering, those institutions opened new facilities, and student recruitment, retention and success were emphasized. Bell was awarded the Society of Automotive Engineers' Ralph Teetor Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research and Teaching in 1988. He was presented the T. Morris Hackney Faculty Leadership Award for the UA College of Engineering in 2001, and, in 2005, he received the Richard S. Woodbury Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Personal life

He is married to Susan Bell.^[1] They have two sons, Stuart and Stephen, and a daughter, Stacy.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Bell Named UA President, UA News, Jun 18, 2015
1 2 3 Melissa Brown, University of Alabama Board of Trustees unanimously approves new president, The Birmingham News, June 18, 2015
1 2 Melissa Brown, LSU's Stuart Bell tapped for University of Alabama presidency, The Birmingham News, June 9, 2015

Presidents of the University of Alabama

Alva Woods (1831–1837)
Basil Manly, Sr. (1837–1855)
Landon Garland (1855–1865)
William R. Smith (1870–1871)
Matthew Fontaine Maury (1871)
Nathaniel Thomas Lupton (1871–1874)
Carlos G. Smith (1874–1878)
Josiah Gorgas (1878–1879)
William Stokes Wyman (acting, 1879–1880 and 1885–1886), (1901–1902)
Burwell Boykin Lewis (1880–1885)
Henry DeLamar Clayton (1886–1889)
Richard Channing Jones (1890–1897)
Powers (1897–1901)
John Abercrombie (1902–1911)
George H. Denny (1911–1936)
Richard Clarke Foster (1937–1941)
Raymon Ross Paty (1942–1947)
Ralph E. Adams (acting, 1947–1948)
John Gallalee (1948–1953)
Lee Bidgood (acting, 1953)
Oliver Carmichael (1953–1957)
James H. Newman (acting, 1957–1958)
Frank Rose (1958–1969)
F. David Mathews (1969–1975)
Richard Ashley Thigpen (acting, 1975–1977)
F. David Mathews (1977–1980)
Howard B. Gundy (acting, 1980–1981)
Joab Thomas (1981–1988)
E. Roger Sayers (1988–1996)
Andrew Sorensen (1996–2002)
J. Barry Mason (interim, 2002–2003)
Robert Witt (2003–2012)
Guy Bailey (2012)
Judy L. Bonner (2012–2015)
Stuart R. Bell (2015– )

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