Claude Peter Magrath is a higher education administrator who has served as provost or president at multiple American universities. He was born on April 23, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York and received political science degrees as an undergraduate at the University of New Hampshire and as a Ph.D. at Cornell University. He began his teaching and administrative career at Brown University during the years 1961-68 and later served as interim president at the University of Nebraska (where he was provost and held other positions, 1968–72). His first university presidency was at the State University of New York, Binghamton, 1972-74. He was the eleventh president of the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...

, serving from 1974 to 1984. From 1985 to 1991 he was president of the University of Missouri System. From 1992 to 2005 he was president of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. Beginning in 2006, he served as senior advisor to the College Board. On July 8, 2008 was named interim president of West Virginia University

West Virginia University

West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...

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On January 2, 2010 while vacationing in New Zealand, his wife Deborah Howell, a Washington Post newspaper editor, died after being hit by a car.

On May 20, 2010, State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor Nancy Zimpher nominated him as the interim president of Binghamton University

Binghamton University

Binghamton University, also formally called State University of New York at Binghamton, , is a public research university in the State of New York. The University is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York system...

. He previously served as president of Binghamton from 1972 to 1974. He assumed the office on July 1 after confirmation by the SUNY Board of Trustees.

External links

• The Journal of the C. Peter Magrath Center in Sibiu, Romania- East-West Cultural Passage: http://magazines.ulbsibiu.ro/ewcp/index.htm
• University of Minnesota Office of the President: