DANIELE STRUPPA
PRESIDENT, CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
WHY: Took over as president of Chapman, OC’s largest private university with 10,000 students, in 2016.
IN THE NEWS: In May, announced plans to retire next year and will return to teaching at Chapman as part of the mathematics faculty.
NOTABLE: During his eight-year term, Chapman increased total enrollment by more than 17% from 8,542 to 10,000 students, and more than doubled its endowment to $780 million. Currently overseeing the largest fundraising campaign in the university’s 163-year history, which has raised over $387 million out of its $500 million goal that it aims to raise by 2028
QUOTABLE: Struppa said he timed the announcement feeling confident that he was leaving Chapman “in very good shape” for his successor.
