Matthew Branam (July 2, 1954 – April 20, 2012) was the 14th president of

Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) is a private university in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. It was founded in 1874 and houses twelve academic departments with over thirty undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, en ...

Biography

Everett Matthew Branam was born in

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on 2 July 1954. He studied at

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and

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before graduating from Rose-Hulman in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Branam became president after serving as interim president for two years. He was elected president of his alma mater by the college's board of trustees during a special board meeting in Indianapolis on December 4, 2009. Before coming to Rose-Hulman, Matt Branam managed the

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as its first

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and led a turnaround in the agency's fiscal position. Before joining the American Red Cross, Branam had a 24-year career with UPS (formerly called

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), including service as its vice president of public affairs in Washington, D.C. He died on April 20, 2012, of a heart attack.

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