Bob Suzuki

Robert Suzuki, born in Oregon in 1936, was confined in a camp for Japanese Americans with his family during World War II. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley in 1960, and a PhD in Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology in 1967. He served as Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at California State University, Los Angeles from 1981 to 1985, and as Vice President for Academic Affairs at CSUN from 1985 to 1991. He then served as President of California State Poly Pomona from 1991 until he retired in 2003. During his tenure at CSUN, he worked diligently to increase funding for instruction and research through grants and through reallocation of funds from other campus programs. He also worked to increase diversity among the faculty, and to raise graduation rates of minorities at CSUN.