Sally Mason

Infobox University President
name =Dr. Sally Mason


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university =President of University of Iowa
term_start =August 1, 2007
term_end =present
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predecessor =David J. Skorton
Gary Fethke (interim)
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alumnus =University of Arizona
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profession =Biologist
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salary =US $450,000
spouse =Ken Mason
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website = [http://www.uiowa.edu/president/index.html President's Web Site]
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Sally Mason, Ph.D. is the President of University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa as of August 1, 2007. She serves as the 20th president, following David J. Skorton who left in June 2006 to become President of Cornell University. She is also the second woman president, following Mary Sue Coleman who was in office from 1995-2002.

Background

President Mason graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology, and as such was the first member of her family to graduate from college. She then earned a Master of Science from Purdue University in 1974, followed by a Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Arizona in Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology. She conducted further research at the Indiana University before accepting a position at the University of Kansas in 1981. At the University of Kansas President Mason served as an undergraduate teacher and adviser, a full professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences, an acting chair of the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, an associate dean in the University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and finally as the dean of that College. President Mason then served as the Provost of Purdue University from 2001 until 2007. [cite web | title = About the President| publisher = The University of Iowa| url =http://www.uiowa.edu/president/bio/index.html | accessdate = 2007-08-13 ]

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