Diane M. Disney, professor emerita at the Brandywine campus of Pennsylvania State University in Media, received the 2014 George Graham Award for Exceptional Service from the National Academy of Public Administration in Washington, D.C. She has served as a NAPA fellow since 1997.
Professor Disney joined the Penn State Brandywine faculty in 2009 after serving as dean of Penn State’s Commonwealth College and Chancellor of the School of Graduate Professional Studies at the Great Valley campus in Malvern. She served for seven years as a deputy assistant secretary of defense in the Clinton Administration.
Dr. Disney is a graduate of Stetson University in Deland, Florida. She holds a master’s degree from Duke University and an MBA from the University of Rhode Island. Professor Disney earned her doctorate in policy analysis and economics at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.