John T. Casteen III

Infobox Person
name = John T. Casteen III


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birth_name = John Thomas Casteen
birth_date = birth date and age|1943|12|11|mf=y
birth_place = Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
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known_for = Professor of English
Director of business organizations
occupation = President of the University of Virginia
spouse = Betsy Foote Casteen
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website = [http://www.virginia.edu/president/ Office of the President]

John Thomas Casteen III [ [http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/mwb/37994.shtml Middle name (example)] : "Antiqbook" website. Retrieved on March 25 2008.] (born December 11 1943, Portsmouth, VirginiaAmerican educator. He has served as Professor of Englishcite web
url=http://repo.lib.virginia.edu:18080/fedora/get/uva-lib:183749/uva-lib-bdef:103/getDynamicView?behav=getObjectBrowse&id=d19
title=Board of Visitors Minutes, March 30, 1990
date=1990-03-30] and President of the University of Virginia since 1990. [http://www.virginia.edu/president/biography.html University biography] : Office of the President of the University of Virginia website. Retrieved on March 25 2008.]

Early life and career

John Casteen earned his B.A. (1965), M.A. (1966) and Ph.D. (1970) degrees in English from the University of Virginia.cite web
url=http://repo.lib.virginia.edu:18080/fedora/get/uva-lib:183748/uva-lib-bdef:103/getDynamicView?behav=getObjectBrowse&id=d6
title=Board of Visitors Minutes, March 9, 1990
date=1990-03-09] From 1968 to 1969, he wrote a column called "Soundings" for the student newspaper, the Cavalier Daily, in which he wrote about the administration of the University, conducting sympathetic interviews with deans and defending the policies of the administration.cite news
url=http://scripta.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-textwg/cavdaily.pl?str=casteen&offset=12660900&fileid=19681105
title=Soundings: Ad Hoc Committee Pressures Board of Visitors
last=Casteen
first=John
work=Cavalier Daily
date=1968-11-05]

He began his professional career teaching English at the University of California, Berkeley and later at the University of Virginia. From 1975 to 1982, he served as Dean of Admissions at the University of Virginia, resigningcite web
url=http://repo.lib.virginia.edu:18080/fedora/get/uva-lib:183715/uva-lib-bdef:103/getDynamicView?behav=getObjectBrowse&id=d18
title=Board of Visitors Minutes, Jan 30, 1982
date=1982-01-30
accessdate=2008-03-26] to serve as Secretary of Education in the Cabinet of Virginia Governor Charles S. Robb from 1982 to 1985. From 1985 until assuming his current post, he served as President of the University of Connecticut.

Business interests

Since 1986 he has held numerous positions as a director in business organizations, including his first for the Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, and currently the new Wachovia Corporation.

Personal life

He is married to Betsy Foote Casteen, and they have five children.

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