Paul Torgerson, former president and dean of engineering at Virginia Tech, has passed away at age 83. The cause of his death is not yet reported. He survived a battle with cancer in 2008.
Dr. Torgerson was born in Staten Island, New York and educated at Lehigh University and Ohio State University. He was first hired by Virginia Tech as an Industrial and Systems Engineering professor and department head. In 1970, he became the dean of the College of Engineering, a position he held for over 20 years (including my own four years as a VT student). He served as Virginia Tech's 14th president from 1993 until January 2000. During all his time as dean and president, as well as after stepping down from the latter post, he continued to teach, giving his last lecture in May 2014.
Read more at The Roanoke Times, the News Messenger and the Collegiate Times, which is Virginia Tech's student newspaper.
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