James H. Woodward
Education
- BSAE – 1962, Georgia Institute of Technology
- MSAE – 1963, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Ph.D. (Engineering Mechanics) – 1967, Georgia Institute of Technology
- MBA – 1973, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Employment History
- June 2009 - Present: Chancellor, North Carolina State University
- July 2005 - Present: Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- July 1989 - July 2005: Chancellor, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- January l984 - June 1989: Senior Vice President, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
- September 1978 - December 1983: Dean, School of Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
- September 1977 - June 1989: Professor of Engineering Mechanics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
- July 1973 - August 1978: Assistant to the Vice President for University College, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
- July 1973 - August 1977: Associate Professor of Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
- June 1970 - June 1973: Director of Technical Development; Rust International, Birmingham, Alabama
- June 1970 - June 1973: Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering; The University of Alabama at Birmingham
- June 1969 - May 1970: Associate Professor of Engineering; The University of Alabama at Birmingham
- September 1968 - May 1969: Assistant Professor of Engineering Mechanics; North Carolina State University
- August 1965 - August 1968: Assistant Professor of Engineering Mechanics for two years and Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics for one year at the USAF Academy, Colorado. Entered service as a First Lieutenant; promoted to Captain in 1968.
Partial List of Professional and Civic Activities (Past and Present)
- Past Chair and Member, Board of Visitors, USAF Air University
- Past Chair and Member, Alabama Supercomputer Network Authority
- Past Chair and Member, Board of Directors, MCNC, Inc.
- Regional Campaign Chair for 1996, United Way of Central Carolinas, Inc.
- Past Chair and Member, Board of Directors, Levine Museum of the New South
- Past Chair and Member, Board of Directors, Conference USA
- Past Chair and Member, Board of Directors, Mecklenburg Citizens for Public Education
- Past Member, North Carolina Education Lottery Commission
- Past Member, UNC Tomorrow Commission
- Chair Elect and Member, Board of Directors, Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Foundation
- Vice Chair and Member, Advancement Council, UNC Press
- Member, Board of Trustees, Johnson C. Smith University
Honors and Recognitions
- Cornerstone Award, Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors, 2005
- Humanitarian Award, NCCJ, Charlotte Chapter, 2004
- Inducted into the Georgia Institute of Technology Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni, 1998
- Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1997
- Top Management Award, Charlotte Chapter of the Sales and Marketing Executives, 1996
- 1995 Excellence in Management Award sponsored by The Charlotte Chamber, the Rotary Club of Charlotte, and The Business Journal
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1995
- Order of the Long Leaf Pine, 1994.
- Rodney D. Chipp Memorial Award, Society of Women Engineers, 1989
