William R. Brody is the current President of the Salk Institute and former President of The Johns Hopkins University, a position which he had held since 1996. On March 10, 2008, he announced his intent to step down as president effective December 31, 2008. This was postponed to March 3rd 2009 upon Hopkins naming Ronald Daniels, the provost of the University of Pennsylvania its next President. He was the highest-paid university president in the Un...
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William R. Brody is the current President of the Salk Institute and former President of The Johns Hopkins University, a position which he had held since 1996. On March 10, 2008, he announced his intent to step down as president effective December 31, 2008. This was postponed to March 3rd 2009 upon Hopkins naming Ronald Daniels, the provost of the University of Pennsylvania its next President. He was the highest-paid university president in the United States, receiving $897,786 in 2004, and regained the title in 2007. Brody received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees, the latter also in electrical engineering, from Stanford University. On May 21, 2009, Brody was conferred with an honorary doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University
On October 13, 2008, the Salk Institute announced that Brody would join their staff as president as of March 2009.
He serves as a director of Medtronic, an...
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