Embry-Riddle Appoints New Chancellor for Prescott Campus

Daniel Carrell Jr. was appointed chancellor of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Prescott, AZ, campus.

As chancellor, Carrell will serve as the chief administrative officer of the campus and will be responsible for the overall planning, resource allocation and program evaluation of campus activities.

He had been the interim chancellor for the Prescott campus since October 2000. Prior to that he was director of business administration, and also served as chairman of the flight and aeronautical science departments at the Prescott campus from 1987 to 1998. At Embry-Riddle since 1986, Carrell first came to the campus as director of development.

Carrell is a retired infantry officer and military aviator who completed two combat tours in Vietnam. He also served as chief instructor and deputy director of the Department of Combat Operations at the U.S. Army School of the Americas, Ft. Gulick, Republic of Panama.
In 1990, he received a master of aeronautical science degree from Embry-Riddle while working full time for the university.

"Together with the faculty and staff, he will continue to build on the success of the campus, strengthen the bonds between the university two residential campuses, and create a unified, share vision for the campus and the university," said Embry-Riddle senior vice president and chief academic officer Barry Benedict.