Henry C. “Hank” Foley, PhD

Interim Chancellor
University of Missouri (MU)

Dr. Henry C. “Hank” Foley was named interim chancellor of the University of Missouri on Nov. 10, 2015. He most recently served as the MU senior vice chancellor for research and graduate studies and the UM System executive vice president for academic affairs, research and economic development.

Since his appointment with the UM System in July 2013, Foley has worked with a variety of campus leaders, including campus chancellors, provosts and chief research and economic development officers. He has led the system’s strategic planning efforts, provided systemwide leadership in academic programs, promoted economic development and advanced research collaborations and enhanced funding. He also has led institutional research, student access and success, academic program review and eLearning functions of the system.

As interim chancellor, Foley oversees a $2.1 billion enterprise, represents MU in the prestigious Association of American Universities and the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities and directs MU’s research mission, which is classified as a “Research University/Very High” by the Carnegie Institute. He also is responsible for the quality and effectiveness of all programs and dedicating university resources necessary to ensure that all research, education and service are conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state and local regulations and accreditation requirements. His role includes the creation and/or maintenance of the ongoing campus strategic plan that ensures MU is Missouri’s premier national and international destination university.

Foley is a tenured professor of chemistry at MU and a professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Industrial and Engineering Division of the American Chemical Society and the National Academy of Inventors. He also is a member of the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., and of several honorary societies, including Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon and Sigma Pi Sigma.

For his scholarly work, Foley has been recognized with the New York Metropolitan Catalysis Society’s Excellence in Catalysis Award, the Philadelphia Catalysis Club’s Annual Award, the Leo C. Friend Award from the I&EC Division of the American Chemical Society, the Research Innovation Recognition Award from Union Carbide Corporation, the Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation, the Thiele Lecture in Chemical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, the Distinguished Departmental Lecture in Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah, the Henry E. Bent Lecture in Chemical Engineering at the University of Missouri, and is the recipient of the 2016 Science Leadership Award from the Academy of Science. He has authored more than 120 refereed archival journal articles. He is an inventor with 16 patents and is the author of the textbook Introduction to Chemical Engineering Analysis Using Mathematica, published in 2003. Graduate and undergraduate students he has mentored have prospered in industry and academia.

Henry C. Foley Curriculum Vitae

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Michael Middleton, JD

Interim President
University of Missouri System (UM System)

Mike Middleton, MU deputy chancellor emeritus, is the interim president for the University of Missouri System (UM System).

Middleton served as deputy chancellor at MU from 1998 to 2015 and as a professor in the School of Law beginning in 1985. He was vice-provost from 1997 to 1998. He retired as deputy chancellor in August 2015.

Middleton served as deputy chancellor during the terms of chancellors Richard Wallace, Brady Deaton and R. Bowen Loftin, a period of rapid growth in the university’s enrollment and research productivity. As deputy chancellor, Middleton provided exceptional leadership focused on legal, policy and regulatory compliance, operational performance and dispute resolution.

Prior to joining the university faculty in 1985, Middleton served from 1979 to 1985 in the federal government’s Senior Executive Service, providing leadership at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Education. He helped guide both agencies through major organizational transitions.

Middleton earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from MU in 1968. He is a 1971 graduate of the MU School of Law.