FREDERIC P. HERTER

Frederic Herter received his MD from Harvard University, and from 1955-1953 did post-graduate training in surgery at the Presbyterian Hospital. He was appointed to the attending surgical staff in 1954. He later went to Columbia University where he was appointed professor of surgery in 1966. He served as director of surgery at Francis Delafield Hospital in New York, acting chairman of surgery at Presbyterian, consultant at the Harlem and Goldwater Memorial Hospitals, consultant at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, trustee of Jackson Laboratories, and of the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital.

An AUB Trustee since 1977 he was elected chairman of the board in 1985, and later appointed president in 1987. Interviewed shortly afterward by the Chronicle of Higher Education, he took an optimistic view of AUB's future; "Enrollment is up to capacity," he said, "with 5,000 students and 500 faculty numbers. There is tremendous motivation in Lebanon. The Lebanese are passionate about politics, but they are even more passionate about education. Despite all their problems, they still consider AUB their number one priority," Dr. Herter told the Chronicle.