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C. L. Max Nikias
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Chrysostomos Loizos "Max" Nikias (Greek: Χρυσόστομος Λοΐζος Νικίας; born September 30, 1952) is a Cypriot-American academic, and served as the 11th University of Southern California president, a position he held from August 3, 2010,[1] to August 7, 2018.[2] He holds the Malcolm R. Currie Chair in Technology and the Humanities and is president emeritus of the university.[3] He had been at USC since 1991, as a professor, director of national research centers, dean, provost, and president. He also served as chair of the College Football Playoff (CFP) Board of Managers (2015-2018) as chair of the board of the Keck Medical Center at USC (2009-2018), as member of the board of directors of the Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering (2001-2018), and as a member of the board of trustees of the Chadwick School, an independent school in Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif. (2001-2010).[4] He is currently a tenured professor in electrical engineering with a secondary appointment in classics, and the director of the USC Institute for Technology Enabled Higher Education.[5]
C. L. Max Nikias | |
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11th President of the University of Southern California | |
In office August 3, 2010 – August 7, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Steven Sample |
Succeeded by | Carol Folt |
Personal details | |
Born | Chrysostomos Loizos Nikias (1952-09-30) September 30, 1952 (age 71) Komi Kebir, Cyprus |
Spouse |
Niki (m. 1977) |
Children | 2 daughters |
Alma mater | National Technical University of Athens, University at Buffalo |
Profession | Electrical engineering, Higher education, Academic administration |
In May 2018, 200 tenured USC professors (out of about 1,181 tenured faculty)[6] demanded Nikias's resignation for how his administration dealt with nearly 300 incidents of sexual assault and sexual misconduct allegations over 27 years against a longtime student health center gynecologist, George Tyndall.[7][8][9] He and the board of trustees agreed to an orderly transition to a new president on May 25, 2018, and he stepped down on August 7, 2018.[10][11] Following this, Nikias was named president emeritus and a life trustee of the university.[12] The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights' independent investigation concluded with a report published in February 2020 and did not implicate Nikias or his predecessor in any specific wrongdoing.[13]
Nikias served on the board of directors of Synopsys, Inc., (NASDAQ: SNPS), an S&P 500 semiconductor chips company from 2011-2023, where he chaired its compensation committee.[14][15] Nikias is the current president of the advisory board of the Council for International Relations – Greece.[16] He lectures and moderates panels on the geopolitical storms surrounding semiconductor chips and their supply chain, [17] [18] as well as on cybersecuring democratic elections. [19] He also lectures on the promises of economic growth and ethical dilemmas of artificial intelligence (AI),[20][21] and on Xenophon's Cyropaedia: The Art and Adventure of Leadership.[22][23]