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NEWS RELEASE
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May 7, 2007
Longest Serving Dean in CBU History Retires
Memphis—After forty years of distinguished service, Dr. Fred H. Terry is retiring from Christian Brothers University (CBU). Terry served 20 years as dean of engineering and the remaining years as department chair and faculty member in the electrical engineering department.
During his tenure as dean, Terry organized one of the first pre-college programs for minorities and women interested in engineering in the state of Tennessee, which was funded in part through a grant from the United States Office of Education Title 3 and partly by gifts from the engineering community in Memphis. Most notably, while head of the electrical engineering program, he obtained the first ECPD (later ABET) accreditation for CBU’s electrical engineering program, and later, the civil and chemical engineering programs while division chair.
In 2004, Terry was honored with the Brother Lawrence Egbert Distinguished Service award. As a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, he held positions locally including Scholarship Chairman, Chapter Director, and Chairman of the State Ethics Committee. Terry has also been involved with GE Electronics Laboratory of Syracuse, UT Memphis, University of Virgin Islands, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. During his time as visiting professor of engineering at the University of the Virgin Islands, he organized the first Engineers’ Week Celebration and was instrumental in organizing student volunteers to assist FEMA in an island-wide rebuilding effort following hurricane Marilyn in 1996. The National Council of Christians and Jews, Memphis chapter, honored him with the Community Service Award in 1988. Other volunteer activities include time spent as a volunteer for the West Tennessee State Prison, six years as a volunteer at the Suicide and Crisis Intervention Center, and numerous positions within his church, Balmoral Presbyterian.
At the Faculty/Staff Recognition Reception on April 26, Terry (Electrical Engineering) has been granted the rank of Professor Emeritus. ###
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