Lehigh University: Alumni

On April 13, 2007, Alice P. Gast was installed as Lehigh University’s 13th president during a formal inauguration ceremony at Stabler Arena and Convocation Center. A world-renowned scholar, researcher and academic leader with a strong commitment to students and teaching, Gast was appointed in spring 2006 following a highly competitive and rigorous national search.  
 
Before coming to Lehigh, Gast served at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the vice president for research and associate provost and held the Robert T. Haslam chair in chemical engineering. Prior to moving to MIT in 2001, she spent 16 years as a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford University and at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory.  

After earning a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Southern California, Gast received a master's degree and a doctorate in chemical engineering from Princeton University. After earning her Ph.D., Gast spent a postdoctoral year on a NATO fellowship at the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles in Paris.

Gast is married to Bradley J. Askins, a computer scientist specializing in the performance of large scale databases and computer systems. The couple has two children: Rebecca and David.

Please join Sidney '57, David '81 and Daniel '93 Silver and Lehigh University in welcoming
Alice P. Gast, Lehigh University's 13th President

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The Home of Julie and David Silver '81
7205 Armat Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817

6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception
6:30 p.m. Presidential Remarks

Please RSVP by Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Business Attire.
Advance reservations required.
No admittance without prior registration.