Matt Branam

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Matt Branam | image =  | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Matthew Branam | birth_date = {{Birth-date|July 20, 1954}} | birth_place = Terre Haute, Indiana | death_date = {{Death-date|April 20, 2012}} (aged 57) | death_place = Terre Haute, Indiana | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Former President of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology}}

'''Matthew Branam''' (July 2, 1954 – April 20, 2012) was the 14th president of Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology.

==Biography== Everett Matthew Branam was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on 2 July 1954. He studied at Indiana State University and Taylor University before graduating from Rose-Hulman in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.

Branam became president after serving as interim president for two years. He was elected president of his alma mater by the college's board of trustees during a special board meeting in Indianapolis on December 4, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rose-hulman.edu/news/articles/2009MattBranam.htm |title=Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |publisher=Rose-hulman.edu |date=2009-06-11 |accessdate=2012-04-20}}</ref>

Before coming to Rose-Hulman, Matt Branam managed the American Red Cross as its first chief operating officer and led a turnaround in the agency's fiscal position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Sept_17/ai_55773490/ |title=American Red Cross COO Matt Branam Moves On to New Challenges | Business Wire |publisher=Find Articles |date= |accessdate=2012-04-20}}</ref> Before joining the American Red Cross, Branam had a 24-year career with UPS (formerly called United Parcel Service), including service as its vice president of public affairs in Washington, D.C.

He died on April 20, 2012, of a heart attack.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ekl |first=Tim |url=http://thorn.rose-hulman.edu/archive/matt-branam-passes-away |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802114629/http://thorn.rose-hulman.edu/archive/matt-branam-passes-away |url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-02 |title=Matt Branam passes away – The Rose Thorn |publisher=Thorn.rose-hulman.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-04-20 }}</ref>

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