August 17, 2016

Constantine “Taki” Papadakis becomes the president at the ailing Drexel University, which was suffering from low enrollment and cash flow. During his tenure, Papadakis doubles the full-time undergraduate enrollment and faculty size, triples freshman applications, quintuples the University's endowment and quintuples research funding. Drexel’s reputation and prominence increase not just in Philadelphia but the world. After battling cancer, Papadakis dies in 2009 and the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building is named after him in 2011. Chuck Pennoni fills in again as president in the interim.