Valerie Sheares Ashby | |
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President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County | |
Assumed office 2022 | |
Preceded by | Freeman A. Hrabowski III |
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The president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, manages the day-to-day operations of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The president is expected to work cooperatively with the University Senate and the University System of Maryland Board of Regents to effectively manage the university.
Albin Owings Kuhn was the founding chancellor of UMBC, as well as the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Following the leave of Louis L. Kaplan in 1977, John W. Dorsey in the office of the president assumed the responsibilities of chancellor.
In 1989, the office of the president was re-established following the re-organization of the public schools of Maryland under the new University System of Maryland.