Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 18, 1998
DENNIS J. KELLER is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DeVry Inc.
and DeVry University Inc. Mr. Keller co-founded Keller Graduate School
of Management in 1973. Prior to that he worked for the Communication
Division of Motorola Inc. and the Education Group of the Bell & Howell
Company. In 1987, Keller Graduate School from Bell & Howell acquired the
assets of DeVry Institute of Technology. DeVry Inc. completed an initial
public offering in 1991 and its shares are traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol DV. Through its DeVry University division and
its Becker Conviser CPA Review division, DeVry Inc. serves over 80,000
students in 35 countries with programs leading to professional
certifications and/or baccalaureates and master's degrees. He is a
Director of NICOR Inc., Templeton, Kenly & Co., and the Chicagoland
Chamber of Commerce. He is Vice Chairman and Trustee of the Chicago
Zoological Society, and a Trustee of the African Wildlife Foundation,
the Glenwood School for Boys, the George M. Pullman Educational
Foundation and Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center. He is a
member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago, and is
also Chairman of Princeton University's School of Engineering and
Applied Sciences Leadership Council. Mr. Keller is Chairman of the
Graduate School of Business Council for the University of Chicago. He
also serves on the Illinois Human Resource Investment Council and as a
member of the Illinois Coalition board. In 1963, Mr. Keller received his
Undergraduate degree in Economics from Princeton University, where he
was a National Merit Scholar. His Masters degree in Business
Administration was received in 1968 from the University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business, where he was a Graduate School of Business
Fellow. Profile
industry and industries in which DeVry operates?
Mr. Keller: To begin with, I would say there is growing awareness of
two
