For the past five years, Fred W. Beaufait has served as President of New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York. As President, Dr. Beaufait transitioned the college from its community college heritage to a baccalaureate institution. He established five new baccalaureate degree programs and one university-wide baccalaureate program. He also created two international exchange programs for students with the University of Ervy, Paris, and the University of Camilo Jos. Cela, Madrid. He retired as President in September 2004.



Prior to becoming President of New York City College of Technology, Dr. Beaufait was  the coalition director of the National Science Foundation Engineering Education “Greenfield” Coalition for three years. This coalition worked to make significant changes in manufacturing engineering education.



From 1986 through 1995 Dr. Beaufait was the Dean of the College of Engineering at Wayne State University. During his tenure, he led the college in several major accomplishments: the inauguration of a master of science and a bachelor of science program in manufacturing engineering, the redesign of the metallurgical engineering program, the development on an on-site master’s degree programs at Ford-England and at Ford-Germany, the rebuilding of the minority engineering program in the college, the establishment of a master of science in engineering technology degree program and the initiation of the first televised distance learning course from the college.



Dr. Beaufait also spent seven years at West Virginia University. He was the chair of the Department of Civil Engineering from 1979 until 1983 and was the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research for the College of Engineering from 1983 until 1986. He started his academic career at Vanderbilt University as an assistant professor after receiving his doctorate from Virginia Tech in 1965. He became a full professor by 1973 and served as the director of Vanderbilt’s civil engineering program from 1972 until 1974.



Dr. Beaufait has received many awards and honors. He is a Fellow of the  American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and has served on several of the society’s committees, including the Publications Committee and the Research Council on Performance of Structures. He has held leadership positions, including secretary and treasurer, in both the Nashville section and the West Virginia section of ASCE. Dr. Beaufait is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, and he has served as Vice President of the Michigan Society for Professional Engineers. He is also a Fellow in the Engineering Society of Detroit. He has served as editor of Civil Engineering Education, a publication of ASEE. He was a member of the board of directors of the Ford Design Institute of the Ford Motor Company from 1991 to 1996.



Fred was a member of the advisory board for Big Brothers/Big Sisters in metropolitan Detroit from 1996 to 1998. He served on the board of directors for the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce from 1999 to 2004 and on the technology committee for George Westinghouse High School in Brooklyn, New York, from 1999 to 2004. He is also active in the Presbyterian Church.



Before entering the Ph.D. program at Virginia Tech, Fred received his B.S. in civil engineering from Mississippi State University in 1958 and his M.S. in structures from the University of Kentucky in 1961.



In his spare time, Fred likes to paint, read and travel. He and his wife, Lois, have two children, Nicole and Paul.