Jon Westling is an American

United States

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 educator, and was president of Boston University

Boston University

Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...

 from 1996 until 2002.

Raised in Yakima, Washington

Yakima, Washington

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, he took his undergraduate degree from Reed College

Reed College

Reed College is a private, independent, liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus located in Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor-Gothic style, and a forested canyon wilderness...

 and studied history at St. John's College, Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship

Rhodes Scholarship

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. Before joining B.U., Westling taught at Centre College in Kentucky

Kentucky

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, Reed College, the University of California, Irvine

University of California, Irvine

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, and at the University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

.

At B.U., Westling was serving as provost when he was tapped to succeeded controversial B.U. president John Silber

John Silber

John Robert Silber is an American academician and former candidate for public office. From 1971 to 1996 he was President of Boston University and from 1996 to 2003 Chancellor of the University. Since 2003 he has been its President Emeritus. In 1990, Silber took a leave of absence from the...

 in 1996, who was advanced to chancellor of the University after a 25 year-tenure as president. Westling's tenure came to an end in July 2002, when he resigned the presidency to return to teaching and research as a Professor of History and Humanities. Silber stepped down as chancellor and reassumed the presidency on an interim basis until Aram Chobanian

Aram Chobanian

Aram V. Chobanian was president ad interim of Boston University from 2003 until June 9, 2005, when, in recognition of Chobanian’s work, the Board of Trustees voted to remove “ad interim” from his title and designate him the ninth president of Boston University. He had succeeded controversial B.U...

 was appointed president ad interim

Ad interim

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in October 2003.

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