Patrick T. Harker  Patrick Timothy Harker (born November 19, 1958) is the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Harker previously served as the President of University of Delaware. He was the dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 2001 to 2007. He began his presidency of the University of Delaware in 2007 and resigned in 2015. Harker grew up in Gloucester City, New Jersey. He graduated from St. Mary's School in Gloucester City in 1973, and was a scholar athlete at Gloucester Catholic High School. Before receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983, Harker worked as a consulting engineer in Philadelphia and New York City. He was a faculty member of the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1983–1984. Harker was named a Presidential Young Investigator by the National Science Foundation in 1986 and as a White House Fellow by President George H.W. Bush in 1991. In the latter position, he spent 1991-1992 as a Special Assistant to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Harker joined the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1984. From 1994 to 1996, Harker served as a professor and Chair of the Systems Engineering Department in Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science. Harker served as chair of Wharton’s Operations and Information Management Department. In February 2000, he was appointed dean of the Wharton School and Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise. He was a senior fellow at the Wharton Financial Institutions Center and held a secondary appointment as a professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering at Penn. He also served as director of the school's Fishman-Davidson Center for the Study of the Service Sector. When he was named UPS Transportation Professor of the Private Sector in 1991, Dr. Harker became the youngest faculty member in Wharton’s history awarded an endowed professorship. From 1996–99, he served as editor-in-chief of the premier journal Operations Research. While at Penn, Harker supervised the work of 18 Ph.D. candidates and four Master's students. Also at Penn, he was principal investigator or co-principal investigator on 16 research grants totaling more than $11 million. Harker was selected as the 26th President of the University of Delaware on December 1, 2006. He took office on July 1, 2007. In May 2008, Dr. Harker unveiled a sweeping strategic plan, UD’s Path to Prominence, predicated on excellence in undergraduate, graduate and professional education, environmental leadership, global engagement and service to the community.