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C. Peter Magrath From 1992 through 2005, he served as president of NASULGC. As CEO of the nation's oldest higher education association, Magrath represented NASULGC's member institutions in Washington, D.C., and in educational settings around the nation and world on issues of national importance to the higher education community. As past president of three public universities, Magrath brings a broad perspective on higher education to his current job, including a long history of leadership in international education activities. His many national involvements have included serving in 1992-1993 on the Commission on the Future of the National Science Foundation, a group of scientists, industrialists and academic leaders that made recommendations to help chart future directions for the Foundation. He organized the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities, consisting of 27 present and former presidents of major public universities that promoted an agenda of change and renewal for higher education. He served on the Board of Directors of the Salzburg Seminar and previously worked on the Southern Education Foundation's advisory committee dedicated to promoting educational opportunity for African-American and minority students in the Southern states. Between 2002-2003 he chaired the College Board's National Commission on Writing which issued an acclaimed report, The Neglected "R" that called for a writing revolution in America's schools. In 2007, Magrath was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Association of Community Colleges. A political scientist with a B.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire and a Ph.D. degree from Cornell University, he served as president on the University of Missouri System from 1985-1991. Previously, he was president of the University of Minnesota - with 60,000 students, the largest U. S. campus in terms of enrollment - from 1974-1984. Before that, Magrath headed the State University of New York at Binghamton from 1972-74. Between 1968-72, he held faculty and administrative posts at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He began his academic career at Brown University in 1961, moving from instructor to professor of political science and also served as associate dean of the graduate school. Magrath is the author of numerous books, monographs, and articles on American constitutional law and history, higher education, and international affairs. He has been recognized with honorary doctoral degrees from Brown University; Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, Romania; the University of Nebraska; the University of New Hampshire; the State University of New York at Binghamton; Michigan State University; University of Northern Kentucky; Utah State University; and the Pennsylvania State University. In 1998, the University of Minnesota honored him by naming the central library on its St. Paul campus after him. |
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