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Academic Career & Executive Search (ACES) Places Aerospace (Pro Pilot), Tenure-Track Faculty at Middle Tennessee State University

(July 2024, WEST HARTFORD, CT) Following a national search, Academic Career & Executive Search (ACES), a leading higher education focused executive search firm, is pleased to announce the successful placement of William Clarke Pleasants securing the role as Aerospace (Pro Pilot), Tenure-Track Faculty at Middle Tennessee State University.

Clarke Pleasants is a senior operations, aviation, and nuclear command and control professional with over 20 years of experience as a leader in the United States Air Force. Most recently, Pleasants served as the Program Chair, Rotor and Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautical Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He holds a Master of Science in Military Operational Art and Science from the US Air Force (USAF) Air Command and Staff College, a Master of Science in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with Military Distinction from the United States Air Force Academy.

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), an R2 public research university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was founded in 1911 as a normal school for the training of teachers and has evolved into a comprehensive university with over 300 graduate and undergraduate degree programs. With an enrollment of more than 20,000 students, MTSU is the No. 1 producer of graduates for the Greater Nashville economy with more than 70,000 alumni living in the region. MTSU has been named to The Princeton Review’s list of the Best 388 Colleges in the U.S. five years in a row and is also the top destination for transfer students in Tennessee. Established in 1942, the Aerospace Department is now a signature department at MTSU and has grown into one of the most respected aerospace programs in the nation. It is among the largest of the nation’s collegiate aviation programs with twenty full-time faculty members, 100+ flight instructors, and over 1,300 students.

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Contact Jennifer Muller, Managing Partner, at 860-740-2600 or Jennifer@ACESrch.com, or visit https://acesrch.com/.