Vice President for Research in Information Technology

Ira H. Fuchs joined the Foundation in July 2000, in the newly created position of Vice President for Research in Information Technology. He is responsible for directing the Foundation's expanding investigations of digital technologies that can be applied to teaching and research.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Mr. Fuchs served as the Vice President for Computing and Information Technology at Princeton University (1985-2000), where he was responsible for the overall management of the University's academic and administrative computing services, electronic communications, media, intranet, and printing services.

He was Vice Chancellor for University Systems at the City University of New York (1980-1985) and Executive Director of the CUNY Computer Center (1973-1980). In 1981 he founded the BITNET Network, the first and world's largest academic telecommunications network, and later served as president of its successor, the Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (CREN).

Mr. Fuchs currently serves on the board of trustees of JSTOR, Sarah Lawrence College, and the Princeton Public Library.

He received his M.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Physics at Columbia University.

Mellon Foundation papers
Archimedes' Lever and Collaboration [pdf]