James M. Danko became the 21st president
of Butler University on Aug. 1, 2011. Mr. Danko has had an
extensive career as both an academic and a business leader. After
nearly two decades in his home city of Cleveland, Ohio, where he
established his own medical equipment company, he served at top
institutions including Dartmouth College, the University of
Michigan, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and, most
recently, Villanova University as the Helen and William O'Toole
Dean of the Villanova School of Business.