w. robert parks was the president of iowa state university.
w. robert parks was the president of iowa state university.
who is the president of iowa state university?
w. robert parks
wintersteen received her bachelor's degree in crop protection from kansas state university in 1978, and began at iowa state university the next year. she earned a ph.d in entomology from isu in 1988. from 1989 to 1990, wintersteen was director of the national pesticide education program. she became a professor of entomology at iowa state in 1996, and has also served the university's college of agriculture as director of extension to agriculture and natural resources and associate director of iowa agriculture and home economics experiment station. wintersteen was appointed the dean of the college of agriculture and life sciences in 2006, and became the first endowed dean at iowa state. she was one of four finalists to succeed steven leath as president of iowa state university, and, in october 2017, was appointed to the position by the iowa board of regents, becoming the first woman to take office as iowa state university president. wintersteen's installation ceremony took place on september 21, 2018.
wendy wintersteen
he received his bachelor of science degree in agronomy at virginia polytechnic institute in 1965, followed by a master of science in soil science at iowa state university in 1971. he went on to receive his phd in soil science at iowa state university in 1974. after achieving his phd in 1974, dr. miller went on to hold many academic and professional titles and leadership roles particularly at iowa state university. he served as a graduate research assistant (1969–1971) and research associate (1971–1974) while working on his m.s. (1971) and ph.d. (1974). on december 1, 1974 he was appointed as an assistant professor and iowa state university extension agronomist (1974–1977). after receiving tenure, dr. miller became an associate professor and maintained the title of extension agronomist from 1977 through 1983. again in 1983, after receiving a promotion to professor, dr. miller continued to be the university's extension agronomist until 1998. in 1998, dr. miller became the associate dean of extension programs and outreach to the college of agriculture and life sciences until 2010. as of 2004-2010, he maintained the position of iowa state university director of agriculture and natural resources extension. in june 2010, he was appointed interim vice president for extension and outreach at iowa state university until 2011. he continued research as a professor of agronomy until june 2011. he became both professor and associate dean emeritus at iowa state university from july 2011 to the present.
gerald a. miller