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Luis Mariano Proenza (born December 22, 1944) is an American academic, and the former president of The University of Akron. He was a member of two advisory committees to US presidents.

Early Life
Proenza was born on December 22, 1944, in Mexico City, Mexico. He is the son of Luis Proenza Abreu and Sara Gonzalez de Proenza. for much of his childhood, his parents owned a jewelry business at the Mexico City Airport, which later grew to include another location in Acapulco. At age 11, Proenza relocated to the United States and attended the Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Georgia.

Education
Went to college at Emory University and grad school at Ohio State University for a masters and University of Minnesota for PhD. Joined the faculty at the university of Georgia in 1971 and started the university's first program in neurroscience.

Biography
Proenza holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Emory University (1965), a master's degree in psychology from Ohio State University (1966) and a doctorate in neurobiology from the University of Minnesota (1971).

Proenza was 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. He returned as a full-time tenured professor in the Office of Academic Affairs in 2016.

Proenza was on the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology under the George W. Bush administration to enable the office of the president to receive advice from the private and academic sectors on technology, scientific research priorities, and math and science education. In 2013, President Barack Obama appointed Proenza and 18 others to the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee 2.0, created to help strengthen the U.S. advanced manufacturing sector.