Timothy Trainor

Timothy Edgar Trainor^[1] (born January 25, 1961)^[2][3] was the President of Mount St. Mary's University from 2016 to 2024.^[4] Previously, Trainor was a United States Army brigadier general where he served as the 13th Dean of the United States Military Academy.

Timothy E. Trainor
Timothy Trainor as an Army brigadier general
26th President of Mount St. Mary's University
In office August 15, 2016 – June 30, 2024
Preceded by	Simon Newman
Succeeded by	Gerard J. Joyce
13th Dean of United States Military Academy
In office July 1, 2010 – June 23, 2016
Preceded by	Patrick Finnegan
Succeeded by	Cindy Jebb
Personal details
Born	(1961-01-25) January 25, 1961 (age 64) New York, U.S.
Education	U.S. Military Academy (BS) Duke University (MBA) North Carolina State University (PhD)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1983–2016
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	Dean of the United States Military Academy (2010–2016)

Early life and education

Born in the state of New York,^[2][3] Trainor graduated from West Point with a B.S. degree in 1983. He later earned an M.B.A. degree from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Trainor completed a Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering at North Carolina State University in 2001. His doctoral thesis was entitled Scheduling military deployments and his advisors were Thom J. Hodgson and Russell E. King.^[5][6][7][8]

Military career

Upon graduation from West Point, Trainor was commissioned as an engineering officer. While on active duty Trainor served in a variety positions including in Germany, Honduras, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Fort Riley, Kansas and Sarajevo, Bosnia.^[5]

US Military Academy

Trainor's prior duties at the U.S. Military Academy included the director of the Engineering Management program and head of the Department of Systems Engineering. In the summer of 2010, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that President Barack Obama had nominated Trainor to become the next Dean.^[9] As Dean, Trainor oversaw over 800 faculty and staff across 13 departments and 23 research centers.^[10]

Mount St. Mary's University

In the summer of 2016 Trainor was selected as Mount St. Mary's University's 26th interim president for a year and then permanently retained the position.^[6][11] During Trainor's leadership thus far, he has increased enrollment, championed three new academic programs, a variety of new academic leadership moves, an agreement with the local Frederick Community College, and secured a $1 million donation to create the Palmieri Center for Entrepreneurship.^[12][13]

Personal life

Trainor is married to his West Point classmate, Colonel (retired) Donna Marie Brazil and they have three children.^[14][15]