{"id":6905,"date":"2018-06-29T20:32:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T20:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/?page_id=6905"},"modified":"2023-03-29T15:57:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:57:21","slug":"altman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/altman\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Altman"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\" col-lg-8 offset-lg-2\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"lead pt-4\">UCF\u2019s third president, Steve Altman developed relationships between UCF and the city of Orlando that have had a lasting impact.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Altman was born on October 24, 1945.<\/p>\n<p>Altman earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in mathematics from UCLA, as well as an MBA and Ph.D. in business management from the 海角直播 of Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>He served as assistant dean of the School of Business at USC from 1969 to 1972, a faculty member and administrator at Florida International 海角直播 and president of Texas A&amp;I 海角直播 (now Texas A&amp;M 海角直播 \u2013 Kingsville).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid float-md-right ml-md-3 mb-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/steven-altman-ucf-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Altman - UCF's Third President\" \/>In 1989, he became the third president of UCF. During his short tenure, he oversaw the development of a strategic plan for the university; encouraged research as well as competition for national research funding; developed plans to encourage enrollment growth, increasing the student body from 18,000 to more than 21,000. UCF was also named a Florida \u201cbest buy\u201d by Barron\u2019s Educational Series, the UCF film program began, UCF football moved to Division I-AA, construction began on the Student Union, and proposals were developed for five additional residence halls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[UCF] is a great urban university, serving and leading the public in our large and important region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In 1991, he resigned, and Chancellor Charles Reed appointed Robert A. Bryan, former interim president of the 海角直播 of Florida, to serve as interim president of UCF.<\/p>\n<p>Altman would go on to serve as president of the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego, California, from 2006 to 2013.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<section id=\"past-presidents\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-homepage-previous-presidents auto-section mt-3 bg-secondary\" style=\"\" data-section-link-title=\"Past Presidents\" aria-label=\"Past Presidents\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row presidents-grid\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"presidents-grid-message bg-primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"presidents-grid-heading\">A Foundation of Excellence<\/h2>\n<p class=\"presidents-grid-content mb-0\"><small>Since 1968, UCF has grown from a small, technological school to one of the nation\u2019s largest universities, constantly gaining in quality. Our legacy for excellence was built by leaders who believed in the power of education to transform lives, communities and our entire state.<\/small><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"presidents-block media-background-container text-inverse hover-text-inverse text-decoration-none justify-content-end\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/whittaker\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" img-fluid size-medium wp-image-7432 media-background object-fit-cover filter-sepia hover-filter-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/dale-whittaker-grid.jpeg\" alt=\"dale whittaker\">\n<div class=\"presidents-block-text pointer-events-none font-condensed text-uppercase\">Dale Whittaker<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"presidents-block media-background-container text-inverse hover-text-inverse text-decoration-none justify-content-end\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/hitt\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/ucf-president-hitt-grid.jpg\" alt=\"John C. Hitt\" class=\" media-background object-fit-cover filter-sepia hover-filter-none\">\n<div class=\"presidents-block-text pointer-events-none font-condensed text-uppercase\">John C. Hitt<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"presidents-block media-background-container text-inverse hover-text-inverse text-decoration-none justify-content-end\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/altman\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/ucf-president-altman-grid.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Altman\" class=\" media-background object-fit-cover filter-sepia hover-filter-none\">\n<div class=\"presidents-block-text pointer-events-none font-condensed text-uppercase\">Steven Altman<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"presidents-block media-background-container text-inverse hover-text-inverse text-decoration-none justify-content-end\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/colbourn\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/ucf-president-colbourn-grid.jpg\" alt=\"Trevor Colbourn\" class=\" media-background object-fit-cover filter-sepia hover-filter-none\">\n<div class=\"presidents-block-text pointer-events-none font-condensed text-uppercase\">Trevor Colbourn<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"presidents-block media-background-container text-inverse hover-text-inverse text-decoration-none justify-content-end\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/millican\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/ucf-president-millican-grid.jpg\" alt=\"Charles N. Millican\" class=\" media-background object-fit-cover filter-sepia hover-filter-none\">\n<div class=\"presidents-block-text pointer-events-none font-condensed text-uppercase\">Charles N. Millican<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullscreen.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6905","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Steven Altman | UCF Office of the President<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UCF\u2019s third president, Steve Altman developed relationships between UCF and the city of Orlando that have had a lasting impact.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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