From 2004 to 2006, he was Vice President of Arizona State University and Provost of its Polytechnic campus; from 1990 to 2004, he was the Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Loyola Marymount University. He is married to Lynn Jakubowski. Gerald has a son and a daughter from his previous marriage.
From 2004 to 2006, he held the roles of Vice President and Provost for Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus; prior to that, he was Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Loyola Marymount University from 1990 to 2004. He is married to Lynn Jakubowski and has a son and daughter from his previous marriage.