predecessor successor children title profession birth_date term_start residence spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
lewis collens alan w. cramb two president of the illinois institute of technology university president and professor of chemical engineering 1945 1 august 2007 chicago , illinois pat anderson anderson john.jpg john l. anderson
 30 july 2015 john leonard anderson university of delaware university of illinois at urbana-champaign
john l. anderson

john leonard anderson -lrb- born 1945 -rrb- .
is an american professor of chemical engineering , who served as the eighth president of illinois institute of technology .
prior to his appointment at iit , anderson held positions in academia at various institutions , serving both as the provost of case western reserve university and the dean of the college of engineering at carnegie mellon university .
