Frank T. Brogan

Frank T. Brogan became the president of Florida Atlantic University in 2003 and was unanimously reappointed by the FAU Board of Trustees to a second six-year term, which began in 2009. Prior to joining his alma mater as its fifth president, he was elected twice as Florida’s lieutenant governor with then-Governor Jeb Bush. Prior to that, he was the youngest person to serve as the state’s commissioner of education.

President Brogan is leading an era of unprecedented growth and development at FAU, a public university with seven campuses strategically located along the southeast coast of Florida. Recognizing the region’s strong potential to become a center of biomedical research, President Brogan has placed special emphasis on creating partnerships between the University and leading research organizations. To date such partnerships have been established with The Scripps Research Institute, the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, the Max Planck Society and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Research Institute. Additionally, FAU has entered into a unique public/private medical school partnership that has resulted in the introduction of a complete, four-year medical education program on FAU’s Boca Raton campus.

During President Brogan's initial six-year term, the University developed its first-ever comprehensive strategic plan, which has provided a roadmap for progress since its inception in 2006. He continues to oversee the ongoing physical development of the University’s campuses, as new facilities are built to provide a full and rich college experience for FAU’s 27,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

President Brogan is extensively involved in public service on the local, state and national levels. Among many voluntary commitments, he chairs Florida’s Dialogue on Cancer, which is focused on fighting the disease that claimed the life of his first wife, Mary. President Brogan was named by the Governor to chair the state’s Blueprint Commission on juvenile justice issues, and he is one of 16 university presidents serving on the board of directors of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

President Brogan and his twin brother, John, were born in Cincinnati, the youngest of six children. The first member of his family to graduate from college, President Brogan received a bachelor’s degree in education magna cum laude from the University of Cincinnati in 1976. Two years later, he moved to Florida to teach at Port Salerno Elementary School on the Treasure Coast. He continued his education at Florida Atlantic University, earning a master’s degree in education in 1981. In rapid succession, he became dean of students at Indiantown Middle School, assistant principal and then principal at Murray Middle School, and Martin County’s superintendent of schools.

He is married to Courtney S. Brogan, an attorney. They are the parents of Colby John Brogan, who was born in 2005.

Updated February 2009