David VandeLinde was an American electrical engineering graduate from Carnegie Tech in 1964 and was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick from 2001 to 2006.
Professor VandeLinde came to Warwick in 2001 from the University of Bath, where he had been Vice-Chancellor for nine years.
As well as being closely associated with the 'corporate' ethos of Warwick, he became prominent supporter of higher tuition fees for students.
He was also a firm supporter of the University's attempts to build a campus in Singapore, which did not ultimately come to fruition.
Before coming to the United Kingdom, VandeLinde was dean of the engineering faculty at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.