Bruce Harreld | |
---|---|
21st President of The University of Iowa | |
In office November 2, 2015 –May 16, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Sally Mason |
Succeeded by | Barbara J. Wilson |
Personal details | |
Born | James Bruce Harreld December 12,1950 Gallipolis,Ohio,U.S. |
Spouse | Mary Harreld |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Purdue University (B.S.) Harvard Business School (MBA) |
Profession | Business consultant,university president |
James Bruce Harreld (born December 12,1950) [1] is an American businessman and academic administrator who served as the 21st president of the University of Iowa. Formerly a business consultant,Harreld succeeded Sally Mason as president on November 2,2015,after serving in senior corporate roles at Kraft Foods,Boston Market,and IBM. [2] He was also held appointments as adjunct professor at the Kellogg School of Management and senior lecturer at Harvard Business School. [3]
Harreld was born and raised in Gallipolis,Ohio. His father,James Sr.,grew up on an 80-acre farm in Marion,Indiana,and spent the bulk of his career building power plants across the Midwest for the United States Atomic Energy Commission. His mother,Ann,was from Indianapolis. Her parents had emigrated from Romania and managed a grocery store that suffered during the Great Depression. Ann later earned a master's degree in education and became a teacher. [4]
Harreld graduated from Purdue University in 1972 with a degree in industrial engineering,followed by a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School in 1975.
Following his graduation from Harvard,Harreld participated on consulting teams at Boston Consulting Group and aided in opening additional offices in Chicago and Munich,eventually serving as vice president and board member until 1983. He then worked as senior vice president and division president at Kraft Foods until 1993,overseeing the frozen food unit.
From 1993 to 1994,Harreld was an adjunct professor at Northwestern University. He was also president and board member at Boston Market from 1993 to 1995,a time of massive expansion for the company. Harreld later served as senior vice president at IBM from 1995 to 2008,overseeing strategic restructuring of the organization.
From 2008 to 2014,Harreld was an adjunct professor at Harvard Business School in both the entrepreneurial and strategy units. He then briefly pursued freelance business consulting. In September 2015,the Iowa Board of Regents offered him the role of president at the University of Iowa. His term began November 2,2015. Harreld's contract was renewed until 2023 in a process described as "opaque",but he retired in 2020. [5]
Harreld's appointment to the presidency of the University of Iowa was a controversial one,with his faculty objecting to the fact that he does not possess a doctorate,had limited publications to his name,and had minimal experience working in higher education. [6] A survey undertaken in 2015 showed that fewer than 5 percent of university faculty felt that Harreld was qualified for the position. [7] In September 2015,the Faculty Senate voted no confidence in Iowa Board of Regents as a result of Harreld's appointment. [8]
The exclusion of standard faculty input from the selection process by the Iowa Board of Regents led to the University of Iowa being formally sanctioned by the American Association of University Presidents. [9] Other irregularities in the hiring process,such as the Regents’efforts to circumvent Iowa Open Meetings Law to meet secretly with Harreld on numerous occasions before his hiring,led to a lawsuit. [10]
Harreld's stance on public health and classroom safety during the COVID-19 pandemic was also a source of controversy. [11] Critics claimed that Harreld's actions increased the risk of disease transmission among the university community. [12]
The University of Iowa is a public research university in Iowa City,Iowa,United States. Founded in 1847,it is the oldest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 colleges offering more than 200 areas of study and seven professional degrees.
Mark Raymond Kennedy is an American businessman,politician,and university administrator. Following a career as a business executive,he was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota from 2001 to 2007. Kennedy did not seek reelection in 2006,instead running in the 2006 election for U.S. Senate. He lost to Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Amy Klobuchar.
Bryant &Stratton College (BSC) is a private college with campuses in New York,Ohio,Virginia,and Wisconsin,as well as an online campus. Founded in 1854,the college offers associate degree programs at all campuses and bachelor's degree programs at some campuses. The college is approved by the New York State Board of Regents and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Regent University is a private Christian university in Virginia Beach,Virginia. It was founded by Pat Robertson in 1977 as Christian Broadcasting Network University and changed its name to Regent University in 1990. Regent offers traditional on-campus programs as well as distance education. Through its eight academic schools,Regent offers associate,bachelor's,master's,and doctoral degrees in over 70 courses of study. The university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools with specific programs accredited by other professional or national accreditors.
Mary Sue Wilson Coleman is an American chemist and academic administrator who served as the 13th president of the University of Michigan from 2002 to 2014,interim president of the University of Michigan in 2022,and the 18th president of the University of Iowa from 1995 to 2002.
Nile Kinnick Stadium is a stadium located in Iowa City,Iowa,United States. It is the home stadium of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team. First opened in 1929 as Iowa Stadium to replace Iowa Field,it currently holds up to 69,250 people,making it the 7th largest stadium in the Big Ten,and one of the 20 largest university owned stadiums in the nation. Primarily used for college football,the stadium is named for Nile Kinnick,the Iowa player who won the 1939 Heisman Trophy and died in service during World War II. Kinnick Stadium is the only college football stadium named after a Heisman Trophy winner.
David Maxwell served as the 12th president of Drake University in Des Moines,Iowa from 1999 until 2015. He is the son of jazz trumpeter Jimmy Maxwell.
Benjamin Joseph Allen is an American academic who served as president of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) from 2006 to 2013. It was announced on March 24,2017 that Allen would begin serving as interim president for Iowa State University on May 9 after former president Steven Leath announced he would be leaving for Auburn University.
Charles Boynton "Chuck" Knapp was the president of the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens,Georgia,United States. He served in that capacity from 1987 until his resignation in 1997.
Michael Maurice Crow is an American educator,science and technology scholar,vehicular repository magnate and university design architect. He is the 16th and current president of Arizona State University,having succeeded Lattie F. Coor on July 1,2002. During his tenure at ASU,he is credited with creating the New American University model.
Larry E. McKibben was the Iowa State Senator from the 22nd District. He had served in the Iowa Senate since 1997 and was an assistant minority leader until he retired in 2008. He received his B.A. (1970) from the University of Northern Iowa and his J.D. (1972) from the University of Iowa College of Law. He was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1973. McKibben served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Commerce committee;the State Government committee;the Veterans Affairs committee;the Judiciary committee,where he was ranking member;and the Ways and Means committee,where he was ranking member. He also served on the Transportation,Infrastructure,and Capitals Appropriations Subcommittee. McKibben was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives,District 3,in 1998. McKibben was re-elected in 2004 with 14,185 votes (51%),defeating Democratic opponent Wayne Sawtelle. He did not rerun in the 2008 Iowa Senate elections. From 2013 to 2019,McKibben served as a member of the Iowa Board of Regents. In 2017,he considered running for the board presidency,as Bruce Rastetter decided to step down. Michael Richards was elected to succeed Rastetter as board president.
AIB College of Business was an accredited,independent,nonprofit,baccalaureate college of business located in Des Moines,Iowa,in the United States. The college closed on June 30,2016,after 95 years and gifted its property to the Board of Regents,State of Iowa. The campus was operated by the University of Iowa from 2016 to 2018 when the University of Iowa announced plans to close down and sell the 17-acre campus. The University of Iowa sold the campus property in August 2019,for $7.5 million. Proceeds from the land and building sale created the AIB College of Business Scholarship Fund,which provides renewable $1,000 scholarship awards to qualified UI students. In the fall of 2020,40 students received scholarships. All were residents of Iowa and majoring in business-related programs.
Gary Barta is the current athletic director at the University of Iowa.
Professors in the United States commonly occupy any of several positions of teaching and research within a college or university. In the U.S.,the word "professor" informally refers collectively to the academic ranks of assistant professor,associate professor,or professor. This usage differs from the predominant usage of the word professor internationally,where the unqualified word professor only refers to "full professors." The majority of university lecturers and instructors in the United States,as of 2015,do not occupy these tenure-track ranks,but are part-time adjuncts,or more commonly referred as college teachers.
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman is a non-profit private research university in Malaysia.
Dato' Sri Dr. Hj. Irmohizam Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician and corporate figure who is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO),a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Born in Kampung Kuantan,Kuala Selangor,he was the former Member of Parliament for Kuala Selangor from 2013 to 2018. He is currently the group executive director of the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL) in Kuala Lumpur.
Richard Utz is a German-born medievalist who has spent much of his career in North America. He specializes in medieval studies,and served as president of the International Society for the Study of Medievalism (2009–2020).
Bruce L. Rastetter is an American agribusinessman,agricultural entrepreneur,and former president of the Iowa Board of Regents,which governs the state's three public universities.
Christina Bohannan is an American politician,law professor,and former engineer who served as the Iowa State Representative for the 85th district from 2021 to 2023. Elected in 2020,she succeeded Vicki Lensing. Bohannan was the Democratic nominee for Iowa's 1st congressional district in 2022,losing to incumbent Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
Virginia Harper was a civil rights activist known for her work against the rerouting of U.S. Highway 61 (US 61) through the Mexican-American and Black neighborhoods of Fort Madison,Iowa.