Charles steger biography

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Charles William Steger Jr. was an American architect and engineer who was the 15th president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States.
Charles William Steger Jr. was born on June 16, 1947, in Richmond, Va. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1970 and a master's degree in 1971.

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Charles Steger, Ph.D.

Charles Steger, Ph.D., the president emeritus of Virginia Tech, was a Virginia Tech Carilion Advisory Board member and led the university’s Global Forum on Urban and Regional Resilience as its executive director.

Under Steger’s leadership, Virginia Tech charted a course to be among the nation’s premier research universities. His presidency was one of the longest and most impactful terms in Virginia Tech history. He created interdisciplinary institutes, grew the research portfolio by 250 percent, oversaw the creation of the Virginia Tech Carilion Medical School and Research Institute, and concluded a fundraising campaign that exceeded $1 billion. Graduate and undergraduate enrollment and profiles also reached an all-time high during his 14-year tenure.

Steger received the 2004 Compass Award from the New Century Technology Council for his visionary thinking and leadership for regional technology initiatives. Among numerous other awards, he received the 2009 Chief Executive Leadership Award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, Dist

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The Architect of Growth

FEATURE

How a visionary president enabled exponential growth and developed the modern land-grant university

by Jesse Tuel and Denise Young

President Steger reflects on a lifetime of service to Virginia Tech

In a Midwestern studio this fall, a likeness of President Charles W. Steger awaited John Boyd Martin, the renowned painter who has done the portraits of the past three Virginia Tech presidents.

To the artist, the image—a painting study—represents the sum of his impressions from a spring visit to Blacksburg. Martin dined with Steger, observing the president's mannerisms and personality. He shot black-and-white photos and then conducted the painting study, a two- to three-hour sitting that helped him record skin tones.

"Being around them [portrait subjects] is how you bring out the personality," Martin said in his studio in Overland Park, Kan. "We did the sitting at his home, and I felt very comfortable. I think he has a down-to-earth quality that was resonating."

When asked what he saw in Steger's personality, Martin pointed to

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Charles W. Steger

Charles W. Steger
Steger in 2007
In office January 7, 2000 – May 31, 2014
Preceded by	Paul E. Torgersen
Succeeded by	Timothy D. Sands
Born	Charles William Steger Jr. (1947-06-16)June 16, 1947 Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Died	May 6, 2018(2018-05-06) (aged 70) Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Virginia Tech(BA, PhD)
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Charles William Steger Jr. (June 16, 1947 – May 6, 2018) was an American architect and engineer who was the 15th president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. He graduated in 1969 from Virginia Tech, where he also received his master's in architecture and Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering.^[1]

Steger served at Virginia Tech at nearly every level possible. He was a Virginia Tech student, instructor (where he won two teaching excellence awards and co-authored a textbook now in its seventh edition), academic department head, college dean (the youngest dean of any college