- Bruce Poulton
Bruce Poulton was born in
Yonkers ,New York in 1928. He was educated atRutgers University , where he received a Ph.D. in endocrinology in 1956.In 1971 he was appointed as vice president of the
University of Maine , an office he held until becoming Chancellor of the consolidatedUniversity of New Hampshire in 1975.In 1982 he left
New Hampshire to serve as chancellor ofNorth Carolina State University ; he was the school's 10th chief executive. While at N.C. State he obtained land and funding for the university's Centennial Campus. He also developed Centennial Campus' first master plan. He stepped down from the chancellor's position in 1989 and served as director of N.C. State's Literacy Systems Center. Poulton's resignation was marked with controversy as it came just before the release of a six-month investigation into N.C. State's athletic department. The investigation was triggered by the publishing of the book "Personal Fouls" and allegations made therein against the school's basketball program under head coachJim Valvano .ources
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