Gustavo A. Mellander
Gustavo "Gus" Adolfo Mellander is a leader in the field of university and college administration in the United States.
[6][7] He immediately commenced a major housecleaning, suspending or putting one-third of the student body on probation, replacing over 40 teachers and administrators, and terminating 75 percent of the non-teaching employees.
[11][12] While there he raised academic standards and increased the District's outreach programs to better serve working adults.
[5] The school was in serious accreditation difficulty and had suffered weak academic leadership and poor faculty morale.
In 1999, he and his wife Nelly Maldonado Mellander co-authored Charles Edward Magoon: The Panama Years".
In April 1985, he was awarded a Congressional Citation by the United States House of Representatives for his achievements in higher education.
[19] In 1992, he was appointed a Graduate School Dean as well as Professor of Educational Leadership and College Administration at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
[20] His research interests include the role of educational leaders, how colleges transform themselves, and faculty as change agents.
His brother Karl James Mellander graduated from the University of California-Berkeley (Astronomy and Physics) where he worked until he retired.
Two of Mellander's books were highlighted: "Gustavo A. Mellander, wrote two books which are considered essential for the study of the early diplomatic relations between Panama and the United States: Charles Edward Magoon: The Panama Years (Río Piedras, PR: Editorial Plaza Mayor, 1999) and The United States in Panamanian Politics: The Intriguing Formative Years (Danville, IL: Interstate Printers and Publishers, 1971).
The library at Villanova University has collected over 400 of Mellander's articles and books and placed them on the Internet for scholarly research.
The library at Villanova University has collected over 400 of Mellander's articles and books and placed them on the Internet for scholarly research.
