John F. Carney III (1941-April 24, 2019[1]) was chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology from 2005 to 2011.
Carney received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Merrimack College in 1963 and a master's in 1964.
He moved to Vanderbilt University in 1983 and was associate dean for graduate affairs (1989–1993) and then associate dean for research and graduate affairs (1993–1996).
He was provost and vice president for academic affairs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 1996 to 2004 when he assumed the Missouri job.
His research specialty was impact mechanics particularly with railroads and he holds 10 patents.