The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa Centennial Commemoration: The First 100 Years (1915-2015) of an Oakland-Berkeley Landmark High Atop The Hill (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781523224135)

Oliver G. McGee III is a teacher, a researcher, an administrator, and an advisor to government, corporations and philanthropy. He is professor of mechanical engineering and former Vice President for Research and Compliance at Howard University. Dr. McGee is former Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), Inc. He was Professor and former Chair (2001-2005) of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Geodetic Science at Ohio State University. He is the first African-American to hold a professorship and a departmental chair leadership in the century-and-a-quarter history of Ohio State University's engineering college. Dr. McGee has also held several professorships and research positions at Georgia Tech and MIT. McGee is the former United States (U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Technology Policy (1999-2001) at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and former Senior Policy Advisor (1997-1999) in The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. McGee is a 2012-2013 American Council on Education Fellow at UCLA Office of the Chancellor Gene Block, a University of California Berkeley, Center of Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) and American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE), Inc. 2013 Executive Leadership Academy Fellow, a 2013 graduate of University of California Berkeley, Center of Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) Berkeley Institute on Higher Education (BIHE), and an American Association of State Colleges & Universities' (AASCU) Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI) Fellow - educational leadership and management development programs for prospective university chancellors and presidents. Education Background: Ohio State University, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Civil Engineering; University of Arizona, Masters of Science (M.S.) in Civil Engineering; University of Arizona, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering (Minor); The University of Chicago Booth School, Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.); The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Certificate of Professional Development (C.P.D.); Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy - Certificate of Fund Raising Management (C.F.R.M.); NASDAQ Certified in Directorship and Corporate Governance, UCLA Anderson School of Management.