{"id":6909,"date":"2018-06-29T20:34:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T20:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/?page_id=6909"},"modified":"2019-04-12T20:36:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T20:36:46","slug":"colbourn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/colbourn\/","title":{"rendered":"H. Trevor Colbourn"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\" col-lg-8 offset-lg-2\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"lead mt-4\">Trevor Colbourn, UCF\u2019s second president, led the charge to expand \u201cFlorida\u2019s space university\u201d from Florida Technological University to the University of Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor Colbourn was born February 24, 1927, in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Colbourn earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in history from the University of London, a master\u2019s in history from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, and a Ph.D. in American history from the Johns Hopkins University in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to teach history at Penn State University and Indiana University Bloomington before moving into administration. He also served as the graduate dean at the University of New Hampshire and academic vice president and eventually acting president at San Diego State University.<\/p>\n<p>In 1978, he became president of Florida Technological University, after founding president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/millican\/\">Charles Millican<\/a> retired.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to a high-profile name change, Colbourn also established UCF\u2019s honors program that would later become the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/burnett-honors-college\/\">Burnett Honors College<\/a> and a football program that has earned national rankings; nurtured a fledgling research park; established UCF\u2019s Institute for Simulation and Training; and developed a partnership with Orange County that created thousands of high tech jobs and helped transform the region\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Under his tenure, UCF also introduced the state\u2019s first stand-alone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/computer-science-phd\/\">doctoral program in computer science<\/a>, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree-search\/#!\/doctorate\/search\/engineering\/\">Ph.D. offerings in civil, computer, electrical, mechanical, industrial and environmental engineering<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree-search\/#!\/doctorate\/search\/business\/\">business administration<\/a>; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/psychology-phd\/\">human factors psychology<\/a>. UCF also expanded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree-search\/#!\/master\/\">master\u2019s<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree-search\/#!\/bachelor\/\">bachelor\u2019s programs<\/a>, dedicated new buildings at the Daytona Beach and Cocoa campuses and established Greek Park on the main campus.<\/p>\n<p>He oversaw enrollment growth from 11,000 to 18,000 students and an increase in research funding from $3.8 million to $16.4 million annually. The UCF Foundation\u2019s assets increased from almost $800,000 to more than $11 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChange is what higher education is all about,\u201d Colbourn once said. \u201cThis institution has a distinguished past and will have a much more distinguished future. It\u2019s been a lot of fun, some anguish and certainly no regrets.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<section id=\"past-presidents\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-homepage-previous-presidents auto-section mt-3 bg-secondary\" style=\"\" data-section-link-title=\"Past Presidents\" aria-label=\"Past Presidents\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row presidents-grid\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"presidents-grid-message bg-primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"presidents-grid-heading\">A Foundation of Excellence<\/h2>\n<p class=\"presidents-grid-content mb-0\"><small>Since 1968, UCF has grown from a small, technological school to one of the nation\u2019s largest universities, constantly gaining in quality. Our legacy for excellence was built by leaders who believed in the power of education to transform lives, communities and our entire state.<\/small><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"presidents-block media-background-container text-inverse hover-text-inverse text-decoration-none justify-content-end\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/whittaker\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" img-fluid size-medium wp-image-7432 media-background object-fit-cover filter-sepia hover-filter-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/dale-whittaker-grid.jpeg\" alt=\"dale whittaker\">\n<div class=\"presidents-block-text pointer-events-none font-condensed text-uppercase\">Dale Whittaker<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"presidents-block media-background-container text-inverse hover-text-inverse text-decoration-none justify-content-end\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/hitt\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/ucf-president-hitt-grid.jpg\" alt=\"John C. Hitt\" class=\" media-background object-fit-cover filter-sepia hover-filter-none\">\n<div class=\"presidents-block-text pointer-events-none font-condensed text-uppercase\">John C. Hitt<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"presidents-block media-background-container text-inverse hover-text-inverse text-decoration-none justify-content-end\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/altman\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/ucf-president-altman-grid.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Altman\" class=\" media-background object-fit-cover filter-sepia hover-filter-none\">\n<div class=\"presidents-block-text pointer-events-none font-condensed text-uppercase\">Steven Altman<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"presidents-block media-background-container text-inverse hover-text-inverse text-decoration-none justify-content-end\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/colbourn\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/ucf-president-colbourn-grid.jpg\" alt=\"Trevor Colbourn\" class=\" media-background object-fit-cover filter-sepia hover-filter-none\">\n<div class=\"presidents-block-text pointer-events-none font-condensed text-uppercase\">Trevor Colbourn<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"presidents-block media-background-container text-inverse hover-text-inverse text-decoration-none justify-content-end\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/millican\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/ucf-president-millican-grid.jpg\" alt=\"Charles N. Millican\" class=\" media-background object-fit-cover filter-sepia hover-filter-none\">\n<div class=\"presidents-block-text pointer-events-none font-condensed text-uppercase\">Charles N. 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