Douglas Horr appointed Institute Auditor for Stevens Institute of Technology

HOBOKEN, N.J. — Vice President for Finance Stefano Falconi today announced the appointment of Douglas Horr as the new Institute Auditor for Stevens Institute of Technology effective September 1, 2005.

As the Institute Auditor, Horr will be responsible for special financial and operational audit services, monitoring compliance with tax, research, contract costing and other government regulations and assisting management in the establishment and maintenance of proper internal controls. He will also work closely with the external auditors.

Horr comes to Stevens from Rutgers University where he held the position of Senior Auditor for more than a decade, coordinating audit services and developing enhanced policies. During his service at Rutgers, he also spent more than three years as Senior Executive Assistant in the Office of the VP for Administration, where he coordinated the work of the office and managed a number of critical projects.

He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Public Affairs with majors in Public Finance and Policy Administration from Indiana University and holds a master’s degree in Education Administration with a Specialization in Higher Education from Rutgers. He has also completed substantial work towards his doctorate in Education Administration at Rutgers.

Horr is a member of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and the Association of College & University Auditors (ACUA) where he has served as a Task Force chair as well as a committee member.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University, is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,234 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with more than 400 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.

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