sentences:  Proenza served as president of The University of Akron from 1999 until 2014.In 2014, he was awarded the H. Peter Burg Economic Leadership Award by the Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce for his accomplishments as president, which included expanding the University's footprint into downtown and the completion of 21 new facilities, 18 renovations/additions, and 34 acres of green space.Proenza took a sabbatical leave from the university from 2014 to 2016.