Saul Fenster
{{Short description|American academic administrator (1933–2025)}}
Saul K. Fenster (March 22, 1933 – March 15, 2025) was an American academic administrator who was the sixth president of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) from 1978 until 2002.
Background
Fenster got his BS from City College of New York, MS from Columbia University, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Fenster died on March 15, 2025, at the age of 91.{{cite web |title=Saul K. Fenster |url=https://www.schoemschapel.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=39247637 |website=Robert Schoem's Menorah Chapel, Inc. |access-date=19 March 2025}}
Career
Before joining NJIT, Fenster served Fairleigh Dickinson University in faculty and administrative capacities, including six years as provost of the Rutherford campus. He taught a number of mechanical engineering courses at the Teaneck campus and was Head of the M.E. department in the late 1960s.
Honors
Fenster was a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education. He was also a member of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honors society.{{cite web |url=http://www.tbp.org/pages/About/People/DistinguishedMembers/College.cfm |title=College Presidents and Chancellors |accessdate=2010-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222135320/http://tbp.org/pages/About/People/DistinguishedMembers/College.cfm |archivedate=2010-12-22 }} 'Tau Beta Pi: Tau Beta Pi College Presidents and Chancellors'
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120205051106/http://www.njit.edu/v2/News/Releases/132.html 'New Jersey Institute of Technology : Press Releases - NJIT President Saul K. Fenster Announces His Retirement After Serving 23 Years']
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| title = President of New Jersey Institute of Technology
| years = 1978–2002
| before = William Hazell, Jr.
| after = Robert A. Altenkirch
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Category:New Jersey Institute of Technology people
Category:University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni
Category:City College of New York alumni
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:Fairleigh Dickinson University faculty
Category:Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Category:Fellows of the American Society for Engineering Education
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