Office of the Dean - College of Engineering

Legand Burge Jr., Dean

Legand L. Burge, Jr. is Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Tuskegee University.  He received his BS, MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1972, 1973 and 1979, respectively.  He has served on the faculty of George Washington University, Tuskegee, Regis College, Johns Hopkins, Bowie State University and the United States Air Force Academy and since 1999 at Tuskegee University.

His former positions include Dean at the Defense Systems Management College (DSMC), vice commander of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC), member of the Air Staff, Pentagon, and division chief, National Security Agency (NSA). The Air Force held his services for 27 years, and retired Dr. Burge as a colonel in 1999. He has served on the advisory board for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate, Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering, Advancing Minorities' Interests In Engineering (AMIE) and the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). He served on the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Study on the Engineering Studies at Tribal Colleges.

He is the author of numerous articles and has served as a member of the American Society of Engineering Education Engineering (ASEE) Deans' Council (EDC) Public Policy Committee.  In 2005 Dean Burge was elected to a first 2-year term on the ASEE Engineering Deans Council Executive Board, and re-elected in 2007.  He chairs the EDC Committee on Diversity, is a member of the 2007 ASEE Engineering Deans Institute (EDI) Colloquium Planning Committee, and a member of the current EDC K-12 Engineering Task Force.