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Embry-Riddle Names Richard Heist Provost and Senior Vice President

Richard HeistDaytona Beach, Fla., June 18, 2007 -- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Richard H. Heist as Provost and Senior Vice President. He will also be appointed a Professor of Engineering. He starts on July 1, 2007.

At Embry-Riddle, Dr. Heist will oversee all academic matters, including the appointment, evaluation, management, and promotion of faculty; the evaluation and development of curricula; and the growth of scholarly research. He will also establish and maintain the quality of universitywide academic activities, ensuring accreditation compliance and sound academic policy. Dr. Heist will work with the president, other university officers, and faculty to provide strategic direction for the university.

“Dr. Heist brings a wealth of experience as an academic and university administrator, and I know that he will contribute greatly to Embry-Riddle,” said Dr. Johnson. “His experience as Dean of Engineering at Manhattan College will be valuable as he provides leadership for the academic mission of our university.”

Dr. Heist joined Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y., in 2000. In addition to serving as the Dean of the School of Engineering, he was also the Director of the Nucleation Laboratory and a Professor of Chemical Engineering. Previously he spent 26 years at the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y., where he was the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies for the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as well as a Professor of Chemical Engineering.

He has a solid record of research and scholarship in nucleation, nucleation-related phenomena, cavitation, aerosols and other ultrafine particles, and educational applications of microcomputers. In addition, Dr. Heist has received many awards for excellence in undergraduate teaching. He holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Purdue University and a B.A. in Chemistry from Catawba College.

Dr. Heist’s wife, Molly, is a registered nurse. Their daughter, Amy Gibson, and her husband, Matthew, live in Morocco, Ind.

“Molly and I are both pleased and excited to be members of the Embry-Riddle family,” Dr. Heist said. “Embry-Riddle has the reputation of being the best in the world at what it does, and I am proud to be working with a great team of faculty, staff, and administrators in helping to shape the future of the University. Embry-Riddle has a great leadership team in place and I look forward to working with that team and to meeting everyone at the university’s campuses.”

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. The university educates more than 34,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through the Worldwide Campus at more than 130 centers in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu.