Gary Fethke

Gary Fethke Ph.D. was an interim President of the University of Iowa. Fethke succeeded David Skorton, who left the University of Iowa to assume the Presidency of Cornell University.

Fethke earned both his B.A. and Ph.D degrees from the University of Iowa. He taught at Bradley University from 1968 to 1974, and at the London School of Economics. He became a management science and economics professor at Iowa. In 1988 Fethke was named an Associate Dean of the Henry B. Tippie College of Business, and in 1993 he was named the interim dean of the Tippie College. One year later he was named permanently to that post.

Fethke served as President from David Skorton's departure in of the University of Iowa in 2006 until August 1, 2007, when Sally Mason assumed the Presidency of the University of Iowa. During his tenure, the Iowa Regents engaged in a difficult and controversial search for a full time President. The Regents finally selected Sally Mason, and announced this in the summer of 2007.

External links

* [http://www.uiowa.edu The University of Iowa]
** [http://www.uiowa.edu/president/index.html The President's Official Web Site]