Stanley Ikenberry served as president of the University of Illinois for 16 years, making him one of the longest serving presidents in the school's history. He led the consolidation of the University's Medical Center and Chicago Circle campuses to form the current University of Illinois at Chicago. At Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Ikenberry led several major academic initiatives, including the creation of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

Dr. Ikenberry launched the University's first major capital campaign and led a second campaign in the late '80s to raise more than $1 billion. The quality and diversity of the student body increased significantly during his tenure with his creation of the President's Scholars Program.

Dr. Ikenberry assumed the presidency of the American Council on Education in 1996. ACE is a comprehensive association of America's colleges and universities and coordinates public policy and other issues and programs in collaboration with other higher education associations.

He returned to the University in his current capacity in September, 2001 and maintains an office in the College of Education on the Urbana-Champaign campus. He is co-director of the Forum on the Future of Public Education and holds an appointment with the University's Institute of Government and Public Affairs.

Dr. Ikenberry holds 16 honorary degrees and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and received his B.A. degree fro Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. His MA and PhD in the field of higher education were awarded by Michigan State University.

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