Celestino "Chuck" Robert Pennoni (born December 31, 1937)[1] is an American engineer and academic who currently serves as the chairman of Pennoni Associates Inc., a consulting engineering firm headquartered in Philadelphia.
[2] He has also served as interim president of Drexel University twice, from 1994 to 1995 and 2009 to 2010.
He was raised in Plains Township, Luzerne County, and graduated from Plains Township High School in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
[4] Pennoni has served as trustee to the university from 1993 to 2006, and as chairman of the board from 1997 to 2003.
[6] Pennoni was named as the 52nd recipient of the Drexel University Business Leader of the Year award in 2005.