Larry K. Monteith
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Larry King Monteith (born 17 August 1933) is a North Carolina electrical engineer and academic leader. He retired from North Carolina State University following a distinguished career of leadership positions, culminating with service as the university's eleventh chancellor from 1989 to 1998.
In 1960, Monteith graduated from NC State with a B.S. in electrical engineering. He later earned a M.S. and Ph.D. from Duke University, also in electrical engineering.
After researching at the Solid State Laboratory of the Research Triangle Institute, Monteith joined the faculty of the NCSU Department of Electrical Engineering in 1968. He was later appointed Department Head (1974) and Dean of Engineering (1978). Following the departure of then chancellor Bruce Poulton in 1989, Monteith was named interim chancellor, a position that he was thereafter named to on a permanent basis.
As chancellor, Monteith presided over a strong period of growth and advancement at North Carolina State University. The university's research campus, Centennial Campus, grew from a single building to a multi-tenant campus housing academic, corporate, and government researchers. Academic honor programs were also enhanced, with the addition of a chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society and the Park Scholars program, a full-expense scholarship, similar to the Morehead Scholarship at sister institution UNC Chapel Hill.
On his retirement, Monteith was succeeded as chancellor of NCSU by Marye Anne Fox.
Sources
- NCSU Libraries. Biographical Note on Larry K. Monteith Collection. Retrieved June 4, 2004 from http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/archives/collections/html/monteith_mc262.html.
- NC State Chancellor Larry Monteith Announces Retirement. Retrieved June 4, 2004 from http://www.ncsu.edu/univ_relations/news_services/press_releases/97_09/300.htm.