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PRESIDENT
Dr. Patrick T. Harker
In July 2007, Patrick T. Harker,
Ph.D., became the 26th president of
the University of Delaware. He was
concurrently appointed a professor of
business administration in the Alfred
Lerner College of Business and
Economics, and a professor of civil
and environmental engineering in the
College of Engineering.
One year after assuming the presidency of UD, Harker unveiled
a comprehensive strategic plan to ensure the University’s place among
the nation’s top universities. Key priorities in the plan include energy
and environmental leadership; prolific and intensive research; and
significant international engagement and collaboration. Under
Harker’s leadership, UD acquired 272 acres of land that will be
developed into a science and technology campus drawing on
University- and partnership-based research.
Harker came to UD from Penn’s Wharton School, where he had
served as the dean and the Reliance Professor of Management and
Private Enterprise since 2000. He held a secondary appointment in
the Department of Management and the Department of Electrical and
Systems Engineering in Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied
Science, and was a senior fellow at the Wharton Financial Institutions
Center. Harker’s ascendance to dean was preceded by roles as interim
and deputy dean, and chair of the Operations and Information
Management Department.
In the mid-‘90s, Harker served as chair of Penn’s Department of
Systems Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Earlier that decade, he became the youngest faculty member in
Wharton’s history to be awarded an endowed professorship.
Harker has published or edited nine books and more than 100
professional articles and, in 2004, he was named an ISI Highly Cited
Researcher. He is most recently engaged in the analysis of the
operations and economics of the service sector.
In 1981, Harker received his bachelor of science in engineering
and master of science in engineering from the University of
Pennsylvania. In 1983, he earned a master’s degree in economics and
a doctorate in civil and urban engineering, again from the University
of Pennsylvania.
He is married to the former Emily Saaty, and they have three
children: Thomas, Michael and Meghan.
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS &
RECREATION SERVICES
Bernard M. Muir
Bernard Muir begins his third
year as the University of Delaware
Director of Athletics and Recreation
Services during the 2011-12 athletic
season.
Muir, a former collegiate
athlete, began his duties at Delaware
on July 6, 2009. Muir had previously
served as director of athletics at Georgetown University since 2005.
In addition to his duties as director, Muir serves as the primary
sports administrator for men's and women's basketball, football, and
softball.
Before joining the athletics administration at Georgetown, Muir
served as deputy director of athletics/administration and facilities at
the University of Notre Dame from 2004-2005. He also served at
Notre Dame as senior associate athletic director for student welfare
and development from 2003-2004 and as associate athletic director
for student welfare and development from 2000-2003.
Muir, a native of Gainesville, Fla., worked for the National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 1998-2000 as director of
operations for the Division I men’s national basketball championship
and from 1992-1998 as assistant director of the Division I men’s
national basketball championship.
He began his career in athletics administration as an athletic
administrative assistant at Butler University in 1990, and
subsequently held positions with Auburn University and Streetball
Partners International of Dallas.
In 2007 Muir was named to Street & Smith’s Sports Business
Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40.”
Muir earned a bachelor’s degree in organizational behavior and
management from Brown University in 1990 and a master’s in sports
administration from Ohio University in 1992.
In January, 2010, Muir was appointed by the NCAA to a
prestigious post on the USA Basketball Board of Directors. He will
serve on the board through 2012. He replaced former NCAA
appointee Gene Smith, The Ohio State University Assistant Vice
President and Director of Athletics, who stepped down. Based in
Colorado Springs, Colo., USA Basketball is a nonprofit organization
and the national governing body for men’s and women’s basketball in
the United States and is responsible for the selection, training and
fielding of USA teams that compete in FIBA sponsored international
basketball competitions, as well as for some national competitions.
As an undergraduate at Brown University Muir was a four-year
letter winner and co-captain of the men’s basketball team his senior
year.
Muir and his wife, Liz, have two daughters, Libby and Millie. Liz
is a former NCAA membership services representative.
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Samantha K. Huge
Samantha K. Huge begins her
third year as Senior Associate Director
of Athletics & Recreation Services at
the University of Delaware in 2011-
12.
In her position, Huge serves as a
member of the senior management
team and oversees the day-to-day
business and administrative operations of the Division, including fiscal
management, external operations, student-athlete support services
and NCAA compliance. She is responsible for the coordination of
strategic and operational planning and is the Division's liaison to
various campus offices including the Office of the General Counsel,
Labor Relations, and Human Resources.
Huge also serves as the primary sport administrator for
women's lacrosse and volleyball and the secondary administrator for
men's basketball.
Huge graduated in 1992 from Gordon College, where she
played varsity basketball for four years. She went on to earn her law
degree from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell
University in North Carolina in 1997.
Prior to her appointment at the University of Delaware, Huge
was the Associate Athletics Director for Compliance at Georgetown
University for three years where she directed all activities of the
Athletics Compliance Office.
In addition to her compliance duties, Huge was the primary sport
administrator for several sports, oversaw the Office of Equipment &
Transportation and served as the athletic department's liaison to the
academic side of campus and sat on several institutional committees.
Huge is a member of the NCAA Committee on Academic
Performance and was a member of the NCAA Amateurism
Clearinghouse Advisory Group.
Before arriving at Georgetown, Huge was the Assistant Athletics
Director for Compliance for four years at Wake Forest University.
While at Wake Forest, Huge directed and coordinated the institution's
athletics compliance efforts in addition to serving on various campus
committees, including as chair of the Gender Equity Committee.
Prior to her time at Wake Forest, Huge worked in the athletics
compliance offices of the Southern Conference, the University of
Illinois, and Michigan State University.
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