Clara Lovett

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Clara M. Lovett is an American educator and the former president of Northern Arizona University.

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Early life and education

Born in Trieste, Italy, [1] Lovett attended the University of Trieste in Italy and Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] Lovett moved to the United States in 1962 and received master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas, Austin. [1]

Career

Lovett was a faculty member at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. [1] [2] Other educational positions included dean of arts and sciences at The George Washington University, [1] [2] provost at George Mason University, [3] and various positions at the University of Colorado, Cal State and CUNY. [4] She was the Founding Trustee for Western Governors University (WGU). [5]

Lovett appeared on the list of "100 Most Powerful Women" published by Washingtonian Magazine in 1989. [5] In 1992 she received the "Virginia Educator of the Year" award. [5] In 1993 she became president of Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff [2] and retired in 2001. [6] After leaving NAU, Lovett was president and Chief Executive Officier (CEO) [7] of the American Association for Higher Education [8] until 2005. [5] That year, she received the "Distinguished Contributions to Higher Education" award from the American College Personnel Association. [5] In 2008, she received the Jeanne Lind Herberger Award from the Arizona Women’s Education & Employment association. [9] Lovett is Chair of the Board of Directors for the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. [5]

Publications

Personal life

Lovett and her husband founded the B&L Charitable Foundation. [5] She returned to the DC area in fall 2011 and established residence in Maryland in 2012.

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