Administration
Dr. Dennis R. Topper has worked at Lee College since December 1989,
first as Director of Physical Plant, and since May 1990, as Dean of
Administrative Services. He oversees an annual budget of more than $5
million, which funds the operation of the physical plant, the information
technology and telecommunications department, the security office,
the Rebel Roost snack bar, the bookstore, and the shipping and receiving
function. Dr. Topper chairs the College's Institutional Effectiveness
and Security and Safety Committees. In 2007, the Southern Association
of Colleges and Universities Business Officers (SACUBO) named the Institutional
Effectiveness program he developed for the Administrative Services
Division a “best practice.”
Dr. Topper served as the College’s representative for both the
1988 and 2000 bond construction programs. Facilities completed
under his direction included the Gray Science Building, Tucker Hall,
the Advanced Technology Center/Library, and the Sports Complex Arena. Successful
major renovations he has overseen are the McNulty Haddick Complex,
the old gymnasium and the Student Center. Square footage at Lee
College has expanded by 40% during his tenure.
In 2000, then President Sasser named Dean Topper to be the Executive
Sponsor and Training Administrator for the College’s PeopleSoft
enterprise software implementation. The implementation used an
innovative rapid lab methodology and was successful.
Dr. Topper accumulated more than 10 years of teaching experience at
the U.S. Air Force Academy and the University of Alaska. In July 1993,
the Air Force Academy Department of Civil Engineering named him a Visiting
Professor.
Dr. Topper's nonacademic experience includes various military assignments
in the Air Force Civil Engineering career field immediately before
coming to Lee College, culminating in a tour of duty as commander of
the 3700 Civil Engineering Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base near
San Antonio. In this assignment, he served as public works director
of a base with a population of 70,000 persons. He supervised 700 persons
in the maintenance, repair and fire protection of a $335 million physical
plant and oversaw a $25 million annual budget.
Dr. Topper earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering
from the U.S. Air Force Academy and his Master of Science degree in
Civil Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He earned his Doctor
of Engineering degree from Texas A&M University and was named a
distinguished graduate of that program. |
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