Is a native of Maine and earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He is President Emeritus of Kettering University, having concluded six years of service as Kettering’s sixth president on June 30, 2011. Upon his retirement, he was lauded for his innovative leadership style, credited with the launch of new academic degree programs and the construction of an innovation center in addition to the development of initiatives that deepened the university’s involvement in the surrounding community. Although retired, he served as Interim President of Bradley University from June 1 – December 31, 2015. He also served as a professor-in-residence of electrical and computer engineering at Bradley University and taught graduate and undergraduate courses on both part-time and full-time bases between January of 2014 and May of 2017. While president of Kettering, he served as a member of the Strategic Board of the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce and he served on the Boards of: Kettering University; PalNet (a Flint area higher educational library consortium); the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan, Michigan Virtual University, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, the National Commission for Cooperative Education, the Association of Independent Technological Universities, and the Tri-County Venture Capital Fund I, LLC in Peoria, Illinois. Presently he serves on the Boards of the Liberty Family Foundation (as president), and Fintiv, Inc. He is also Manager of Liberty Health Technology Holding, LLC and CEO of S.R. Liberty Consulting Services, LLC. Dr. Liberty went to Kettering from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, where he had served seven and one-half years as provost and vice president for academic affairs. While at Bradley he was a member of the Board of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce (PACC), chaired the PACC Transportation Committee, was a member of the PACC Business Advisory Committee, and served on the Peoria Civic Federation Transportation Committee. He also chaired the Research, Education and Innovation Team of Peoria NEXT, a science and technology based economic development initiative, and he was a member of the Community Advisory Board for the Peoria Area World Affairs Council. Before joining Bradley, he served as dean of engineering for 13-1/2 years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and as that university’s interim vice chancellor for academic affairs. Under former Nebraska Governors Kay Orr and Ben Nelson, he served as the Nebraska representative on the Science and Technology Council of the States, a working group of the National Governor’s Association. In 1995 he worked at Transcrypt International, a manufacturer of secure communications products, in a part-time position as director of advanced research and planning. He also served as department chair of electrical engineering at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and as a faculty member at Texas Tech University, where he was founding director of Texas Tech’s center for energy research, an associate dean of graduate studies, and a member of the Texas Energy Advisory Council. Prior to his academic career he was employed as a design engineer by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Dr. Liberty’s research focused on mathematical system theory and stochastic control theory, and was supported by grants from several federal agencies including NSF, NASA and the Office of Naval Research. The statistical control theory known as “cumulant control” has its origins in his work. In 1976 he was named the “Outstanding Young Electrical Engineering Professor in the United States” by Eta Kappa Nu; He is a 2005 recipient of the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering Honor Award for “significant contributions to the advancement of engineering, or meritorious achievements in engineering;” And he was a 2016 recipient of the Cheverus High School (Portland, Maine) Magis Award. Dr. Liberty is an accomplished musician, having first performed professionally at the age of 13. He has been very active as a coach and leader in youth sports organizations in four states. He is an avid fisherman and a golf enthusiast.