Announcing the Results: Meet the Winner
David DeJong
Senior Vice Chancellor of Business & Operations, University of Pittsburgh
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As Senior Vice Chancellor for Business and Operations, David N. DeJong oversees the University of Pittsburgh’s central operational functions, including facilities management; public safety and emergency management; planning, design and construction; real estate; human resources; business, hospitality and auxiliary services; and sustainability. In his 34-year Pitt tenure, Dr. DeJong has held multiple leadership roles, including as Vice Chancellor of Human Resources, Executive Vice Provost, and Professor of Economics in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. DeJong’s extensive research experience spans macroeconomics, econometrics and transition economics. He has published more than 40 journal articles and co-authored the book “Structural Macroeconometrics; his work has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and National Council for Eurasian and East European Research.