Terry S. King

Terry S. King served nine years as dean of the College of Engineering at Kansas State University, previously holding a variety of university and private positions including chair of the chemical engineering department at Iowa State University and senior research engineer at Exxon Chemical Company in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He served as a director of NanoScale Materials Inc., published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and one book chapter, and holds three patents. His professional affiliations include the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society and North American Catalysis Society.

King earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Iowa State University and a doctoral degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received grants primarily from the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. He supervised seven master’s students, 12 doctoral students, seven post-doctoral associates and two visiting scientists.

Following his time at K-State, King was hired by Ball State University as provost and vice president for academic affairs. Following the sudden resignation of Ball State’s president, King was asked to step into that role and recently retired as interim president of Ball State.