Chrysostomos L. "Max" Nikias (born September 30, 1952 in Komi Kepir, Cyprus) is the current President of the University of Southern California (USC). His term as the 11th president of the university began on August 3, 2010.
Nikias was born in the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus. There, he attended the Famagusta Gymnasium and graduated with honors. He married his wife Niki c. 1976, and the couple have two daughters, Georgiana and Maria. He r...
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Chrysostomos L. "Max" Nikias (born September 30, 1952 in Komi Kepir, Cyprus) is the current President of the University of Southern California (USC). His term as the 11th president of the university began on August 3, 2010.
Nikias was born in the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus. There, he attended the Famagusta Gymnasium and graduated with honors. He married his wife Niki c. 1976, and the couple have two daughters, Georgiana and Maria. He received a degree in electrical and mechanical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in 1977, and has an academic interest in Athenian drama and democracy. Nikias earned an master's degree in 1980 and a Ph.D. in 1982 in electrical engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo. (His predecessor as USC president, Steven Sample, is likewise an electrical engineer, and served as president of SUNY-Buffalo from 1982 to 1991.) Nikias lived on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, an area southwest of Los Angeles, with his...
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