Jerry MacArthur Hultin (born May 17, 1942) was the

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from 1997 to 2000. He was the president of the

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from 2005 until 2012. He is currently the Chairman of the Global Futures Group, which advises cities, states and countries on best practices in

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development.

Biography

Hultin was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1942 and graduated from Owosso High School in 1960. He then attended

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, receiving his B.A. in 1964. While an undergraduate, Hultin participated in the

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and was commissioned as an

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of the

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. He subsequently served in the Navy 1964–1969, seeing action in the

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. Upon leaving the Navy, he enrolled at

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and received his J.D. in 1972, where he was classmates with future-

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, future- Secretary of State

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, future- Senator

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, and future- Secretary of Labor

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. Hultin spent the next 25 years in the

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. He was one of the partners in the law firm of Warner & Hultin, before moving on to work at Jefferson Partners, a merchant banking and strategic management

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. As a consultant, Hultin worked in a variety of areas, including

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, defense, health care, finance, and the environment. During his time at Jefferson Partners, Hultin also served on the Board of Directors of

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nominated Hultin as

on September 16, 1997. Following confirmation by the

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, Hultin assumed his duties on November 13, 1997. As Under Secretary, Hultin commissioned a study conducted by the

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on the impact of

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on American armed forces that led to a two-volume published report, ''The Global Century: Globalization and National Security''. He also led the

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's Revolution in Business Affairs, which sought to apply business techniques to the

and the

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. He also oversaw the construction of the Navy and Marine Corps' intranet. Hultin left office on July 14, 2000. Upon leaving the government, Hultin became

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of the Wesley J. Howe School of

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at the

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. He promoted Stevens as bringing technological innovations to the realm of

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and military defense. In 2003, during the

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, Hultin served as on-air military expert for

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. In 2004, he authored a much cited study, ''Securing the

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: Network-centric Operations Applied to the Campaign against Terrorism''. On July 1, 2005, Hultin became president of the

. He has overseen substantial growth and financial stability at the institution. He championed an affiliation with NYU, which was formalized in July 2008 and gave the institution a global platform while adding engineering to NYU's diverse list of subject disciplines. One of Hultin's first steps as the new president was to embrace a focus on "i-squared-e" – invention, innovation and entrepreneurship – to encourage educated risk-taking among faculty and students. In addition to integrating these skills into academics, NYU-Poly under Hultin collaborated with city and state governments and private industry to launch 3 business incubators and economic initiatives including the NYC Media Lab. During his tenure, enrollment increased by 57 percent, and the number of faculty positions is increasing. A $65 million capital plan is refreshing and expanding the

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campus on MetroTech Center and will support a biomedical research center with NYU in Manhattan. NYU-Poly is also a partner in the NYU Center for Urban Science & Research, a public-private research center that will expand the MetroTech campus. Hultin is a board director of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, BritishAmerican Business, Inc. (BABI), the New York City Building Congress, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and is a director of the New York Council of the Navy League of the United States. He is an honorary fellow of the

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, the founding chairman of the Technology Management Education Association and an advisor to senior military and defense leaders. The National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations awarded him the

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in 2010. In 2015, Secretary of Defense

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appointed Hultin to the Defense Business Board. In 2016, President

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appointed him to the

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References

External links

''The Global Century: Globalization and National Security''
(contains a foreword by Hultin)

Biography on the NYU-Poly website

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