Temple University President Richard Englert announced this week that he would be stepping down from the role and retiring after a 45-year career with the North Philadelphia university that now serves around 39,000 students.

Englert became the 11th president of Temple in 2016 — he previously held the role for a short stint in 2012 — after former president Neil Theobald was ousted by the Board of Trustees. He first entered the role as “acting president,” but was made official president later that year.

The 74-year-old has held 17 positions within the university during his tenure, Temple said in a statement, first as an assistant to the dean of the College of Education. He has served in a number of leadership roles, including chancellor, provost and interim SVP for academic affairs and chief of staff to the late president Peter Liacouras.

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