Nancy L. Zimpher

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Nancy L. Zimpher : biography

October 29, 1946 –

Nancy L. Zimpher (born October 29, 1946) is an American educator, state university leader, and Chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY). Prior to her service at SUNY, Zimpher was a dean and professor of education at Ohio State University (where she had earned her bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees); then Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee between 1998 and 2003; and President of the University of Cincinnati from 2003 through May, 2009. Zimpher is the first woman to serve as Chancellor of SUNY, was UWM’s first woman chancellor, and was UC’s first female president. Zimpher is a native of the village of Gallipolis in southern Ohio.

SUNY

Soon after taking over at SUNY, Zimpher promised to visit all 64 campuses in the sprawling system—the largest university system in the nation under a single governing board.Foderaro, Lisa W. . New York Times, 2009-02-10.

Eight months after being sworn in, Zimpher had to deal with another athletic controversy, this time at Binghamton University. After a rash of incidents involving the school’s basketball team, Zimpher ordered an audit of Binghamton’s athletic department—to be overseen by the SUNY board of trustees, not Binghamton.Thamel, Pete. . New York Times, 2009-10-03. The resulting report tallied what the New York Times described as "a litany of transgressions, including lowered admission standards and changed grades." In its wake, Binghamton president Lois B. DeFleur retired in July, athletic director Joel Thirer resigned and basketball coach Kevin Broadus, was placed on paid administrative leave and ultimately stripped of coaching duties.