Portrait of Prof Ronald E. Frank

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Professor Ronald E. Frank
President
Singapore Management University
18 September 2001 - 31 August 2004

Professor Ronald E Frank, or Ron as he affectionately known, joined SMU's board of trustees in 2000 and assumed his role as SMU's second president in September 2001. His presidency was a time of rapid growth for the young university. SMU had just admitted its second cohort of undergraduate students in August 2001. During his time as president two schools were added, the School of Economics and Social Sciences, and the School of Information Systems. New hiring and admissions resulted in nearly a tripling of the number of faculty and students at the university, and the first class of students graduated during his tenure. Professor Frank was involved in planning the university's new city campus which opened in 2005. After stepping down from the presidency, Professor Frank served on an advisory panel for SMU's senior leadership for several years.

To hear his oral history accounts on SMU, visit https://oralhistory.smu.edu.sg/people/ronald-e-frank