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Robert W. Lutz

Home Address: Office Address:
4617 Crestmoor Drive Harvey Ingham 31B 
Des Moines, Iowa 50310 Drake University
Phone: 515-270-6507 Des Moines, Iowa 50311-4505
Phone: 515-271-3919
Internet Address: robert.lutz@drake.edu
 

EDUCATION:
Illinois Institute of Technology, Ph.D. (Physics) 1969.
University of New Mexico, M.S. (Physics) 1966.
Drake University, B.A. (Physics) 1962.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS:
1969-present
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
Assistant Professor of Physics (1969-1973)
Associate Professor of Physics (1973-2002)
Emeritus Associate Professor Physics (2002-present)

1966-1969
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
National Science Foundation Trainee

1962-1966
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Staff Member

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
1994-1998
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa
Associate Provost for Information Resources
Responsible for all academic and administrative computing, data networking,
educational media services, distance learning, library services and university telephone system.

1993-1994
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa
Assistant Provost for Information Technology

1986-1993
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa
Director of Computing and Telecommunications

1974-1986
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa
Director of Computer Services

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Association for Computing Machinery
(SIGCUE) - Special Interest Group on Computer Uses in Education
(SIGUCCS) - Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services
Sigma Xi

OFFICES HELD:
Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services
Member, Peer Review Committee (1979-1983)
Elected Member, Board of Directors (1981-1983)
Member, Long Range Planning Committee (1982-1983)
Elected Chairperson, (1983-1985)
Past Chair, Board of Directors (1985-87)

Seminars in Academic Computing
Member, Program Committee (1982-1984)
Member, Coordinating Board (1983-1985)
Chairperson, Program Committee (1984-1985)
Chairperson, Coordinating Board (1985-1986)
Past Chair, Coordinating Board (1986-87)
Member, Program Committee (1993-94)

EDUCOM
Drake University Institutional Representative
Elected to EDUCOM Membership Committee (1985-88)
Elected to Board of Trustees (1989-92)
Chairperson of Board Conferences & Services Committee (1991-92)
Member of Board Executive & Finance Committee (1991-92)
Reelected to Board of Trustees (1992-95)
Chairperson, Board Conference Committee (1992-93)
Secretary & Member of Executive Committee (1993-1995)
EDUCOM Representative to the Steering Committee of the Coalition for Networked Information (1995-96)
Elected to Member Nominating Committee (1996-99)

Iowa Research and Education Network
Drake University Institutional Representative
Member Board of Directors (1991-96)
Chairperson, Strategic Planning Planning Task Force (1994-96)

RECENT PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:

"The Challenge: Agents of Change" Invited Closing Plenary, Seminars in Academic Computing, Snowmass Village, Colorado, August 1993.
"Reengineering, TQM, Higher Education and Information Technology" Keynote Speech, Small College Computing Symposium, Cedar Falls, Iowa, April 1993.
"Reengineering, TQM, Higher Education and the IREN" Keynote Speech, Iowa Research and Education Network (IREN) Winter Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa, January 1993
"Managing Computing and Telecommunications," Tutorial Session, Seminars in Academic Computing, Snowmass Village, Colorado, August 1989.
"The Wired Campus - Is It Really Working?," Panel Discussion, SIGUCCS Computer Center Management Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, March 1989.
"Corporate Contributions - Is the Tail Wagging the Dog?," Panel Discussion, SIGUCCS Computer Center Management Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, March 1989.
"Economics of Telecommunications," Panel Discussion, Seminars in Academic Computing, Snowmass Village, Colorado, August 1988
Presenter, Tutorial on "Computer Intensive Universities - The Drake University Experience," Seminars in Academic Computing Executive Seminar, Snowmass, Colorado, August 1987.

CONSULTING CLIENTS:
Concordia University (Wisconsin)
Alfred University (SIGUCCS Peer Review)
Illinois Institute of Technology
Associated Colleges of the South
Mercer University
Towson State University
William Woods College
St. Ambrose University
University of Osteopathic Medicine & Health Sciences
Wesleyan University
Ashland University
Northeast Missouri State University
Marywood College
Gustavus Adolphus College
Greater Des Moines Board of Realtors
Coe College
St. Thomas University (Canada)
Ball State University (SIGUCCS Peer Review)
University of Scranton (SIGUCCS Peer Review)
University of Minnesota at Duluth
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (SIGUCCS Peer Review)
Augustana (South Dakota) College
Lafayette College (SIGUCCS Peer Review)
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Teleconnect
Citizen's Aide (Ombudsman) State of Iowa
Arrowhead Area Education Agency
Heartland Area Education Agency
Iowa Bankers Insurance Services
Iowa Bankers Association
Iowa Hospital Association
Central Washington University
Emporia State University (SIGUCCS Peer Review)
Rockhurst College (SIGUCCS Peer Review)

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