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About Gary Fethke
- Gary Craig Fethke Ph.D.
- (born January 16, 1942) 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 dean. Fethke served as president from David Skorton's departure in of the University of Iowa in 2006 until August 1, 2007.
- During his tenure, the Iowa Regents engaged in a difficult and controversial search for a full-time president, finally selecting Sally Mason.
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