On Oct. 23, 2017 Mount St. Mary's University held the inauguration of Timothy E. Trainor, Ph.D. as the Mount's 26th president. Watch the highlights from the day, which included Mass, the Inauguration Ceremony and a reception for the community.
Retired Brig. Gen. Timothy E. Trainor, Ph.D., formerly served as dean and chief academic officer at the United States Military Academy before retiring after a 33-year career with the Army. Trainor graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Military Academy in 1983, has an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke, and a doctorate in industrial engineering from North Carolina State University.
As an engineer officer in the U.S. Army, Trainor served in operational assignments around the world including Germany, Honduras, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Fort Riley, Kansas and Sarajevo, Bosnia. He deployed to Basrah, Iraq in the summer of 2007 and worked with the U.K.-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in helping the provincial Iraqi leaders improve their infrastructure revitalization plans.
Trainor is a fellow of the American Society of Engineering Management, and was named the Engineering Manager of the Year for 2011 by the society. He is a past president of Epsilon Mu Eta, the national Engineering Management Honor Society. Trainor taught courses in engineering management, systems engineering and decision analysis.
He is married to Colonel (Retired) Donna Brazil, Ph.D., who led the psychology program at West Point until 2013 and now provides educational services in leadership development. Their daughter, Captain Cory Trainor, is an engineer in the Army’s 101st Airborne Division. Son, Captain Dan Trainor, a helicopter pilot, is currently serving in the Multi-National Observer Force on the Sinai Peninsula. Their youngest son, First Lieutenant Zach Trainor is an infantry officer in the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado.
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June Miller
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In the summer of 2017 Timothy E. Trainor, Ph.D., became the 26th president of Mount St. Mary’s University. On June 3, Mary D. Kane, C’84, chair of the board of trustees, announced the board’s unanimous appointment of the then-interim president. Trainor, a former dean and chief academic officer at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, arrived in Emmitsburg a little more than a year before. Highlights from his first year include launching five new academic programs and expanding Division I and club athletics to include the return of men’s soccer and elevating women’s rugby to a varsity sport. Furthermore, Trainor ushered in more than 525 new students his first August, and led efforts to increase the freshman-to-sophomore retention rate. Currently, Trainor is spearheading a $30 million fundraising campaign: Forward! Together As One."Mount Magazine" caught up with the new president to talk about his time at the Mount and his vision for the future.