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Lee T. Todd Jr.

American academic administrator

Summary

American academic administrator

Field	Value
name	Lee Todd Jr.
image	University of Kentucky President Lee Todd, Jr. receives an award from Army General Albert Bryant, Jr..jpg
caption	Todd in 2005
order	11th
title	President of the
University of Kentucky
term_start	July 1, 2001
term_end	June 30, 2011
predecessor	Charles T. Wethington Jr.
successor	Eli Capilouto
birth_date
birth_place	Earlington, Kentucky

University of Kentucky

Lee Trover Todd Jr. (born May 6, 1946) is an American who served as the 11th president of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.

Early life and education

Todd was born in 1946 in Earlington, Kentucky, a small town close to Madisonville. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1968. He went on to earn his master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1970 and 1973. Todd studied at MIT thanks in part to a fellowship from the Hertz Foundation, following a personal encouragement from Edward Teller. He returned to UK in 1974 and served as an electrical engineering associate professor until 1983.

Lee Todd has been known to attend most home basketball games, and would commonly sit by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and his family.

Retirement

On September 8, 2010, Todd announced that he would step down as president effective June 30, 2011. Todd remained on the faculty at the university, serving as a Professor of Electrical Engineering.

References

Bio at University of Kentucky

References

"President Lee T. Todd Jr. Home page - Curriculum Vitae".
(8 September 2010). "University of Kentucky President Lee Todd to step down". [[Lexington Herald-Leader]].
"Lee Todd, Ph.D.". [[University of Kentucky College of Engineering]].
"Lee T. Todd, Jr.". University of Kentucky.

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