Darryll Pines

{{short description|American aerospace engineer and academic administrator}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Darryll Pines

| image = Darryll J. Pines 2021.jpg

| caption = Pines in 2021

| office = 34th President of the University of Maryland, College Park

| term_start = July 1, 2020

| term_end =

| predecessor = Wallace Loh

| successor =

| birth_name = Darryll John Pines

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|8|28}}

| birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| spouse =

| children = Donovan

| education = University of California, Berkeley (BS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)

}}

Darryll John Pines is an American aerospace engineer and academic administrator currently serving as president of University of Maryland, College Park. He was previously dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering and held the Glenn L. Martin professorship of aerospace engineering.

Early life and education

Darryll John Pines was born in Oakland, California, on August 28, 1964. He completed a B.S. in mechanical engineering at University of California, Berkeley.{{cite news |last1=Greenberg |first1=Susan H. |title=How Berkeley Engineering launched three Black AAU presidents |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/06/30/how-berkeley-engineering-launched-three-black-aau-presidents |access-date=11 July 2022 |work=Inside Higher Ed |date=June 30, 2022 |language=en}} Pines earned a M.S. (1988) and Ph.D. (1992) in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.{{Cite web|title=Darryll Pines's Biography|url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/darryll-pines-0|access-date=November 25, 2021|website=The HistoryMakers|language=en}}

Career

In 1995, Pines joined the faculty of University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), as an assistant professor. He served as dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering for 11 years{{Cite web |title=Darryll J. Pines |url=https://president.umd.edu/administration/staff/pines |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Office of the President |language=en-US}} and held the Glenn L. Martin professorship of aerospace engineering.{{Cite news|date=February 12, 2020|title=USM Board of Regents Appoints Darryll J. Pines as President of University Of Maryland, College Park|work=University System of Maryland Newsroom|url=https://www.usmd.edu/newsroom/news/1966}}{{Cite web|last=Richman|first=Talia|date=February 13, 2020|title=What you need to know about Darryll Pines, the next University of Maryland president|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-darryll-pines-umd-president-20200213-r6zq2ta4lzginbgcwzmv3ruubm-story.html|access-date=July 2, 2020|website=Baltimore Sun}} Pines assumed the presidency on July 1, 2020, succeeding President Wallace Loh.{{Cite web|last=Hansen|first=Drew|date=February 12, 2020|title=UMd. goes in-house for new president|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/02/12/umd-goes-in-house-for-new-president.html|website=Washington Business Journal}}

In 2024, the University of Maryland announced it was conducting a review of potential plagiarism by Pines, following an article published by the Daily Wire alleging that two papers written by Pines and a co-author in 2002 and 2006 plagiarized 1,500 words from a tutorial website.{{Cite news |last=Lora |first=Maya |title=University of Maryland president's research will be reviewed for plagiarism |url=https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/higher-education/university-of-maryland-darryll-j-pines-ZUVIHYS4Z5EFJIY7BUSVFGY6XA/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |newspaper=The Baltimore Banner|date=September 18, 2024 |language=en}}{{cite news|title=Plagiarism Claims Are Brought Against University of Maryland's President|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Stephanie|last=Saul|date=September 20, 2024|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/us/plagiarism-university-of-maryland-president-darryll-pines.html|access-date=2024-09-22}}

Awards and honors

Pines was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2019 for inspirational leadership and contributions to engineering education excellence in the United States.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Darryll J. Pines |url=https://nae.edu/204067/Dr-Darryll-J-Pines |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=NAE Website |language=en}}

Personal life

Pines' son Donovan Pines played for the Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team and is currently a professional soccer player.{{Cite news|last=Goff|first=Steven|date=February 13, 2020|title=University of Maryland's next president is a soccer dad to D.C. United's Donovan Pines|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/02/13/donovan-pines-umd-president-darryll-pines/|access-date=July 22, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}