C. L. Max Nikias

Quick Facts

Full Name	C. L. Max Nikias
Occupation	Engineer
Date Of Birth	Sep 30, 1952(1952-09-30)
Age	72
Birthplace	Komi Kebir
Country	Cyprus
Birth City	Famagusta District
Horoscope	Virgo

C. L. Max Nikias Biography

C. L. Max Nikias is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on September 30, 1952 in Komi Kebir, Famagusta District, Cyprus. Chrysostomos Lizos “Max”, a Cypriot-American academic and former president of the University of Southern California, was born September 30, 1952. He is the president emeritus and holds the Malcolm R. Currie chair in Technology and the Humanities. Since 1991, he was at USC as a professor and director of national research centres, president, dean, provost, or vice- president. As chair of College Football Playoff’s Board of Managers (2015-2018), as well as as chair of Keck Medical Center’s board (2009-2018), member of board of directors of Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering (2001-2018), member of board of Trustees of Chadwick School (2001-2010). He is currently an assistant professor of electrical engineering and the director for the USC Institute for Technology Enabled Higher Education.

Nikias was the dean of USC Viterbi School of Engineering from 2001 to 2005. This solidified its status as an engineering school of distinction. He was responsible for the development of the school’s biomedical engineering venture and the creation of its largest distance-learning program. He was responsible for the creation of the school’s Tutor Hall of Engineering. He established important partnerships with corporations such as Pratt & Whitney and Airbus, Boeing and Chevron. A fundraising campaign that raised more than $250m was also led by Andrew and Erna Viterbi, who gave a $52million gift to the school. Nikias played a key role in supporting the Information Sciences Institute at the USC Viterbi School and working with faculty to create two National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers (ERC) as well as the first Research Center of Excellence for the Department of Homeland Security at USC.

In 2011, Nikias announced a $6 billion fundraising campaign, which—at the time of its launch—was the largest in the history of higher education. In six and a half years, USC’s campaign surpassed the $6 billion mark—18 months ahead of schedule—bringing to the university, on the average, $900 million per year. The fundraising campaign raised a total of $7 billion in eight years. The Chronicle of Higher Education has called Nikias a “prodigious fundraiser.” During Nikias’ tenure, USC consistently ranked among the top five universities, along with Stanford and Harvard, in cash charitable donations.

As president, Nikias wrote frequently about a range of nationally significant topics, including the value of—and access to—higher education; the future of online education; the continued importance of the arts and humanities; the art of leadership through the classics; and the role of elite research universities, particularly as economic drivers.

From 1996 to 2001, Nikias was the founding director of the school’s Integrated Media Systems Center. Nikias led the effort of the engineering school to secure the center during a fierce national competition that was conducted by the National Science Foundation. The competition included 116 other proposals. From 1992 to 2001, Nikias was also the associate dean of engineering school. His research covered signal processing, biomedical engineering, digital communications, military radar and sonar. However his most notable accomplishment is his understanding of multimedia’s central role in the future internet and the IMSC.

C. L. Max Nikias Net Worth

C. L. Max Nikias is one of the richest Engineer from Cyprus. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, C. L. Max Nikias 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Nikias was a Cypriot native. He graduated from Famagusta, an institution that emphasizes history, sciences, and Greco Roman classics, with high honors. Niki, his wife, was his first wife. They have two daughters, Georgiana (and Maria) respectively. He earned a degree from the National Technical University of Athens, in 1977, in mechanical and electrical engineering. He has an academic interest both in Athenian democracy and drama. Nikias received a master’s degree from the National Technical University of Athens in 1980, and a Ph.D. in 1982 at State University of New York. Steven Sample, his predecessor as USC president was also an electrical engineer and served as president at SUNY Buffaloo from 1982 to 1991.

Nikias is a National Academy of Engineering member, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He is also an associate member of the Academy of Athens. Nikias was also a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1991, Nikias was 38 years old when he was elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Only 2% of the 350,000 IEEE members were named Fellows, and only 5% of them achieved this honor before age 38.

From June 2005 to August 2010, Nikias served as USC’s provost and chief academic officer. He was instrumental in bringing USC trustee Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation Institute and its vast video archive of 55,000 testimonies of Holocaust survivors to USC. Nikias also established the university’s Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, Stevens Center for Innovation, U.S.-China Institute, and Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics. He launched Visions and Voices, USC’s campus-wide arts and humanities initiative, as well as a grant program to advance scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Nikias spearheaded the integration of the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s faculty practice plans, oversaw the transfer of University Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital from Tenet Healthcare Corporation to the university, and recruited a new leadership team for USC’s medical enterprise.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

C. L. Max Nikias height Not available right now. C. weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is C. L. Max Nikias Dating?

According to our records, C. L. Max Nikias is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, C. L. Max Nikias’s is not dating anyone.

Relationships Record : We have no records of past relationships for C. L. Max Nikias. You may help us to build the dating records for C. L. Max Nikias!

In May 2018, Nikias and the USC board of trustees agreed to an orderly transition to a new president, following a sex abuse scandal regarding USC’s student health center’s gynecologist and questions about how the university handled it.

Facts & Trivia

C. Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Cyprus. C. L. Max Nikias celebrates birthday on September 30 of every year.

Where is Max Nikias now?

Personal life. Nikias lived on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, an area southwest of Los Angeles, with his wife and two daughters. Following his inauguration as president of USC, he and his family moved to San Marino, located closer to both USC campuses. He and his wife Niki currently live in Manhattan Beach, California.

How much does Carol FOLT make?

The remaining compensation was largely from a retirement plan and other deferred compensation. In contrast, the university reported that its current president, Carol Folt, earned $1.3 million.

How much does university of Southern California president make?

At No. 3, C. L. Max Nikias of the University of Southern California earned a $1.5 million, one-time bonus, nearly doubling his pay to $3.2 million.

How much does president of USC make?

Nikias’ base pay for the year was listed at $1.467 million , almost identical to what he received for all of 2017. He received $5.485 million in “other reported compensation” for that year. Nearly $1.5 million of that came from funds reported as deferred compensation in prior tax filings.

What is the salary of the president of Harvard University?

Harvard President Lawrence Bacow Made $1.1 Million in 2020, Financial Disclosures Show. Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow earned $1.13 million in 2020, a pay cut from his compensation during the first full year of his presidency in 2019.