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Spotlight on Dr. Frank Lazarus
Dr. Francis (Frank) M. Lazarus was named president of the University of Dallas in July of 2004, after eight years as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of San Diego.
Lazarus became a member of the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Campaign Cabinet shortly after coming to the area, and has just recently joined the Board of Directors.
"My interest in getting involved in the Dallas community stems primarily from the fact that I am a relative newcomer to the area and eager to meet my neighbors. I've also had the pleasure to meet many generous people who are dedicated to making our area a great place to live and work, and because United Way and its partner agencies serve broad sectors of our community, my volunteerism has a significant impact, which is very satisfying."
Among his many professional and personal achievements, highlights include Lazarus being named an Administrative Fellow of the American Council on Education in 1978, serving for one year as a Special Assistant to the President of Memphis State University, and he was an Assistant Professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1970 to 1973.
He has participated as a professional archaeologist in excavations in Nemea, Greece and in Tel Beer Sheba, Israel.
In other cities where he has lived, Lazarus was Chair of the Academic Consortium of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, Board Member of the Milwaukee Youth Leadership Academy, President of the Foxhall Civic Association in Winston-Salem, N.C., and served in various roles on church committees.
Lazarus holds an A.B. degree (with a concentration in classical languages) from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Classical Languages from Cornell University. He is the editor of Discovery, Faith, Service: Perspectives on Jesuit Education (Marquette University Press, 1992).
