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Tom Apple

Thomas Mark Apple, chancellor of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa June 2012 – August 2014 is a scientist whose research focuses on magnetic resonance spectroscopy. As the chief executive officer of the university, he was responsible for the leadership, administration and management of the academic enterprise. His tenure as chancellor was marked by conflicts with deans, other university leaders, and community leaders.

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Thomas Mark Apple,1 chancellor of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa June 20122 – August 20143 is a scientist whose research focuses on magnetic resonance spectroscopy. As the chief executive officer of the university, he was responsible for the leadership, administration and management of the academic enterprise.4 His tenure as chancellor was marked by conflicts5 with deans, other university leaders, and community leaders.678

Before joining University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Apple served as provost of the University of Delaware.9 Prior to that, he was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at that campus. He has also held key positions at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute10 in New York, including vice provost, dean of graduate education, interim vice provost for institute diversity, and chair of the department of chemistry.

A native of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Apple received his doctorate in physical chemistry from the University of Delaware, and his Bachelor of Science in biology from Pennsylvania State University. He is a published author with numerous works in a variety of journals, including Chemistry of Materials,11 Macromolecules,12 and Journal of Materials Research.13

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  1. Documents : BA in Continental European Studies
  2. "Mānoa: Chancellor-Designate Tom Apple arrives on campus June 18 - University of Hawaii News". hawaii.edu.
  3. "Dozens gather for Apple's last day as UH-Manoa chancellor". KHON2.
  4. "University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa: Campus Administration". hawaii.edu.
  5. "WEB EXCLUSIVE: UH-Stevie Wonder Concert Chronology". hawaiinewsnow.com. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  6. "Apple remains Mānoa chancellor, university says". Ka Leo O Hawaii. 13 June 2024.
  7. "Key UH booster resigns over differences with Tom Apple". Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
  8. AB Staff. "TV Station: U. of Hawaii 'Cost Itself Millions' in Rights - Athletic Business". athleticbusiness.com.
  9. Office of Communications and Marketing. "Administration". udel.edu.
  10. "Polytechnic Institute Center for Polymer Synthesis". rpi.edu. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  11. Xiao, Lixiang; Zhang, Haifeng; Scanlon, Eugene; Ramanathan, L. S.; Choe, Eui-Won; Rogers, Diana; Apple, Tom; Benicewicz, Brian C. (1 October 2005). "High-Temperature Polybenzimidazole Fuel Cell Membranes via a Sol−Gel Process". Chemistry of Materials. 17 (21): 5328–5333. doi:10.1021/cm050831+.
  12. Wu, Zhizhong; Papandrea, Jerry P.; Apple, Tom; Interrante, Leonard V. (1 July 2004). "Cross-Linkable Carbosilane Polymers with Imbedded Disilacyclobutane Rings Derived by Acyclic Diene Metathesis Polymerization". Macromolecules. 37 (14): 5257–5264. Bibcode:2004MaMol..37.5257W. doi:10.1021/ma049760a.
  13. Narisawa, Masaki; Hasegawa, Takeshi; Okamura, Kiyohito; Itoh, Masayoshi; Apple, Thomas; Moraes, Kevin V.; Interrante, Leonard V. (January 2002). "Synthesis of Silicon Carbide Films from Partially Oxidized Polyvinylsilane by Carbon Tetrachloride Solution Casting". Journal of Materials Research. 17 (1): 214–223. Bibcode:2002JMatR..17..214N. doi:10.1557/JMR.2002.0031.