{"id":6905,"date":"2018-06-29T20:32:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T20:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/?page_id=6905"},"modified":"2023-03-29T15:57:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:57:21","slug":"altman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/altman\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Altman"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t
Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s third president, Steve Altman developed relationships between Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ and the city of Orlando that have had a lasting impact.<\/p>\n
Steven Altman was born on October 24, 1945.<\/p>\n
Altman earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in mathematics from UCLA, as well as an MBA and Ph.D. in business management from the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n
He served as assistant dean of the School of Business at USC from 1969 to 1972, a faculty member and administrator at Florida International University and president of Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M University \u2013 Kingsville).<\/p>\n
In 1989, he became the third president of Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½. During his short tenure, he oversaw the development of a strategic plan for the university; encouraged research as well as competition for national research funding; developed plans to encourage enrollment growth, increasing the student body from 18,000 to more than 21,000. Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ was also named a Florida \u201cbest buy\u201d by Barron\u2019s Educational Series, the Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ film program began, Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ football moved to Division I-AA, construction began on the Student Union, and proposals were developed for five additional residence halls.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½] is a great urban university, serving and leading the public in our large and important region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In 1991, he resigned, and Chancellor Charles Reed appointed Robert A. Bryan, former interim president of the University of Florida, to serve as interim president of Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½.<\/p>\n
Altman would go on to serve as president of the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego, California, from 2006 to 2013.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t