John F. Carney III (1941-April 24, 2019) was chancellor of

Missouri University of Science and Technology Missouri University of Science and Technology, or Missouri S&T, is a public research university in Rolla, Missouri. It is a member institution of the University of Missouri System. Most of its 7,645 students (fall 2020) study engineering, busi ...

from 2005 to 2011. Carney received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from

Merrimack College Merrimack College is a private Augustinian university in North Andover, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1947 by the Order of St. Augustine with an initial goal to educate World War II veterans. Its campus has grown to a campus with nearly 40 ...

in 1963 and a master's in 1964. He received a Ph.D. civil engineering from

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in 1966. He taught at the

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from 1966 to 1981 when he became head of the civil engineering department at Auburn University. He moved to

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in 1983 and was associate dean for graduate affairs (1989–1993) and then associate dean for research and graduate affairs (1993–1996). He was provost and vice president for academic affairs at

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from 1996 to 2004 when he assumed the Missouri job. His research specialty was impact mechanics particularly with railroads and he holds 10 patents. Carney in 2007 was successful in persuading the University of Missouri Board of Curators unanimously to change the name of the University of Missouri-Rolla (in the same manner as other schools in the

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) to Missouri University of Science and Technology. Carney had argued that the old name was not representative of the school's mission as an engineering school.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carney, John F. Iii 1941 births Merrimack College alumni Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni University of Connecticut faculty Vanderbilt University faculty Worcester Polytechnic Institute faculty Missouri University of Science and Technology faculty Living people Year of birth uncertain Place of birth missing (living people)