Jack M. Wilson

Who is Jack M. Wilson?

Jack M. Wilson is the President Emeritus of the University of Massachusetts and University Distinguished Professor of Higher Education, Innovation, and Emerging Technologies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Wilson served as the 25th President of the five-campus, 60,000-student University of Massachusetts System, serving from September 2, 2003 to June 30, 2011. He also served as the interim President of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate from July 1, 2011, to January 1, 2012, where he had previously served on the Board of Directors. He served as the Founding Chair of the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center. He has served as the Chair of the US Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education Advisory Board from 2010 to the present. During his career, he has served various institutions as Professor of Physics, Department Chair, Research Center Director, Dean, Vice President, Provost, and a private sector entrepreneur. At the University of Massachusetts, he served previously as the Vice President for Academic Affairs and as founding CEO of UMassOnline. During the academic year 2012–13, he served as the interim Dean of Engineering at UMass Lowell.