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Capitol College President Announces Retirement After 27 Years of Service
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Author: Administrator Account
Added: 12/03/2003
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 Capitol College President Announces Retirement After 27 Years of Service
LAUREL, Md. -- Dr. G. William Troxler, one of the longest serving college presidents in the country, recently announced he will retire June 30, 2004, after leading Capitol College through 27 years of change and growth.
“Now is the right time in the college’s life for me to leave office,” said Troxler, who was appointed president in 1977. “The institution is between major projects, capital campaigns and between significant accreditation events. This is the least disruptive moment for my departure. It is also the right time in my life to re-engage with long standing interests that have necessarily and routinely been postponed as I grappled with the demands of being the president of a small college.”
A committee of trustees, faculty members and alumni have begun a formal search for a new president. Troxler said he will stay at the college to help with the transition to his successor.
Troxler is the sixth president of the institution, which was founded in 1927. During his years of service, he led the way for numerous changes, including a new campus and a new name. Known as Capitol Institute of Technology until 1987, the college opened its first permanent campus in Laurel in 1983. Troxler steps down as the college’s recent capital campaign draws to a close. Construction recently began on the $7 million William G. McGowan Academic Center, a 22,000-foot-square building that will house the Space Operations Institute.
An alumnus of Capitol College, Troxler earned his bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering technology (magna cum laude) from the school in 1971. He holds a master of science in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate in administration of higher education from Walden University. He joined the faculty of Capitol College in 1972 and served as dean for two years prior to his appointment as president.
Major institutional accomplishments during Troxler’s tenure include:
- developing the college from a single curriculum, unaccredited institution without a campus to one that is fully accredited, offering six graduate and 12 undergraduate degrees in engineering, computer sciences, information technologies or business.
- securing funding and land for a 52-acre permanent campus in Laurel. The Laurel campus opened in 1983.
- changing the Capitol name to reflect its contemporary status as a four-year college. The school was formerly called Capitol Institute of Technology; the name change occurred in 1987.
- implementing synchronous education delivered via the Internet. Capitol College is a pioneer in delivering online courses that are offered live with streaming audio.
- establishing the Space Operations Institute in 2002, a partnership with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, allowing Capitol College students and faculty to operate four earth science satellites for NASA.
- designation by the National Security Agency in 2003 as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.
- designation in 2003 as one of six educational partners of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, the world’s largest professional society.
- continued expansion of the campus, which included the Avrum Gudelsky Memorial Auditorium (1986), the expanded and modernized John G. and Beverly A. Puente Library (1997), six apartment-style residential halls (1989) and the William G. McGowan Academic Center, which will open in spring 2005.
-introduction of new academic programs, including bachelor’s degrees in electrical, software, astronautical and computer engineering, software and Internet applications, computer science, and network security; master’s degrees in network security, electrical engineering, and business administration.
Troxler has been recognized numerous times, including induction into the Washington Academy of Sciences, Prince Georgian of the Year and several appointments to various state commissions and committees. In 2001, Troxler was named a fellow to the Washington Academy of Sciences for formulating educational policy related to engineering, and the contribution he has made to the intellectual climate of the nation’s capital through his web-based essay series, “Thoughts From Under A Black Hat.” The American Association for the Advancement of Science regularly publishes Troxler’s reviews of science, engineering and technology books and websites.
As a leader in Maryland higher education, Troxler was appointed by the governor to serve eight years as chairman of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council. He also served as the first elected chairman of the Maryland Educational Technology Policy Council. Additional committee memberships include: the Maryland Task Force on High Speed Networks, the Maryland Commission on Education Finance, Equity and Excellence, the Maryland Commission on Gifted and Talented Students.
His commitments to regional development included the Corridor Transportation Corporation, where he served as president for two years and remains on its board. He served as vice-president of Tech4Kids, the Laurel based business-government partnership that stimulated more than a $2 million investment in technology for 10 public schools.
Troxler also has a passion for music. A founding president of Common Ground on the Hill, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to achieving racial healing through music and arts, Troxler teaches music for Common Ground every summer on the campus of McDaniel College in Westminster. His recording “Where Do I Sign?” was well received in the acoustic music community of the United States and in Eastern Europe.
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