Ronald M. Berkman
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Ronald M. Berkman is currently serves as president of Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University is a public university located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 when the state of Ohio assumed control of Fenn College, and it absorbed the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1969...

 (CSU), a position he assumed in 2009.

Dr. Berkman, 62, was formerly Provost and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Florida International University
Florida International University
Florida International University is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park...

 in Miami, where he had been since 1997. Berkman began his time at FIU as dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs. He was later Executive Dean over the Nursing, Health Sciences, Public Health, Social Work and some other programs. He was also involved with FIU working to open colleges of Law and Medicine. With his positions of Provost, Executive Vice President and COO at the time he left FIU, Berkman was second only to President Modesto Maidique
Modesto Maidique
Dr. Modesto Alex "Mitch" Maidique was the fourth president of Florida International University , one of the fastest growing public research universities in the United States with two urban campuses more than 38,000 students and 1,200 faculty members . Appointed in 1986, Dr...

 in the importance of running the university.

He has also served as Executive Dean of the College of Health and Urban Affairs at FIU. Prior to FIU berkman was a dean at Baruch College
Baruch College
Bernard M. Baruch College, more commonly known as Baruch College, is a constituent college of the City University of New York, located in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, New York City. With an acceptance rate of just 23%, Baruch is among the most competitive and diverse colleges in the nation...

 and dean of urban affairs for the City University of New York
City University of New York
The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...

. In 1990 Berkman was the director of the Urban Summit.

Berkman has also been a professor at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School, the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

, Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York, United States.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New...

, New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

 and the University of Puerto Rico
University of Puerto Rico
The University of Puerto Rico is the state university system of Puerto Rico. The system consists of 11 campuses and has approximately 64,511 students and 5,300 faculty members...

.

He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

 in 1977.

Berkman's father died when Berkman was 19-years-old. He started college as a part-time student at William Paterson College while working to support his mother. He eventually became a full-time student and majored in urban sociology.

Berkman is married to Patricia "Patsy" Bilbao-Berkman. They are the parents of four children. At the time of his appointment to be president of CSU she was a recruiter for the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...

operating primarily in Florida.

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