August 17, 2016

John A. Fry becomes the president of Drexel University after serving as president of Franklin & Marshall College and executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania. His vision for Drexel includes transforming the University into what he has termed the “modern urban university of the future” — an institution that harnesses both its long-established and still-emerging strengths to serve its students, its neighborhood, its city and the nation. Under his leadership, Drexel creates partnerships in Philadelphia, most notably the affiliation with the Academy of Natural Sciences and major neighborhood initiatives, as well as abroad, forging global connections in China, Turkey, Israel, Brazil and Chile.