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Francis J. Doyle III
Provost, Brown University
Assumed office
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)
Preceded byRichard Locke
Personal details
Born1963 (age 60–61)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SpouseDiana Rodriguez
Children3
Alma materPrinceton University
Cambridge University
California Institute of Technology
ProfessionCollege administrator, Academic

Francis "Frank" J. Doyle III (born 1963) is an American engineer and academic administrator. He is a professor of Engineering and provost of Brown University.

Biography[edit]

Francis J. Doyle III was born in Philadelphia in 1963. His family moved to Newark, Delaware when Francis was 2. His father worked as a chemical engineer.[1]

Doyle completed his undergraduate studies at Princeton University in 1985, receiving a B.S.E. in chemical engineering. He received a M.S. (C.P.G.S.) in chemical engineering from Cambridge University in 1986, and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1991.

Prior to his appointment at UCSB, Doyle was a professor in the department of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware (1997–2002),[2] and was a professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University (1992–1997).[3] Between his graduate studies and his first academic appointment, he completed postdoctoral studies at the DuPont Company.

Doyle was dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences from 2015 to 2023.[4][2]

In 2021, Doyle was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for insights into natural biological control systems and innovative engineering of diabetes control devices.

Doyle began his tenure as 14th provost of Brown University in July 2023.[4]

Honors and recognition[edit]

Doyle has received a number of honors throughout his career, including:

He has also held leadership positions in professional societies including the IEEE (as President of the Control Systems Society) and as Vice President of the International Federation for Automatic Control (IFAC), among others.

Personal life[edit]

Frank is married to Diana Rodriguez, and they have 3 children.[3] In his free time, Frank enjoys racing sailboats, and has competed in a number of regattas during and since college, including the 2011 Transpac Race. His other hobby is refereeing soccer, and he is currently certified in several organizations including AYSO (National Referee), U.S Soccer (Grade 7 Referee), and NISOA.

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