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Michael Stevenson President and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University Term 2000 – 2010 Predecessor Jack P. Blaney Successor Andrew Petter Born 1953
South AfricaAlma mater University of the Witwatersrand
Northwestern UniversityProfession Author, Professor Spouse Jan Whitford Michael Stevenson is the former President and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University. He retired on August 31, 2010, and was subsequently succeeded by Andrew Petter on September 1, 2010.[1] Michael Stevenson has had one of the longest appointments as President of Simon Fraser University, spanning over one decade.[2]
Education
Michael Stevenson completed his undergraduate education in history and politics at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He then had subsequent graduate work in the United States with a PhD from Northwestern University. He was awarded the top graduate student fellowship, a national Bobbs-Merrill Prize for graduate studies in political science. He later was awarded a post-doctoral Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for teaching and research in Nigeria.[3]
Career
Prior to his appointment as President of Simon Fraser University, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and as Vice-President Academic and Provost at York University. He is currently Chair of the British Columbia Council for International Education, and Chair of the Council of Western Canadian University Presidents. Additionally, he served on the Board of the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS), as Chair of the University Presidents’ Council of British Columbia, Chair of the Standing Committee on Educational Issues and Funding of the Association of Colleges and Universities of Canada, and as a Director on the Vancouver Board of Trade and the BC Business Council. He also serves on the Board of Genome BC.[4]
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Academic offices Preceded by
Jack P. BlaneyPresident of Simon Fraser University
December 1, 2000 - August 30th, 2010Succeeded by
Andrew PetterCategories:- University of the Witwatersrand alumni
- Northwestern University alumni
- Simon Fraser University
- Living people
- 1953 births
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