Board of Regents choose Ann Weaver Hart as new UA president
Ann Weaver Hart.
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Posted: 02/17/2012
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By: Associated Press
TUCSON, AZ - The Arizona Board of Regents on Friday named Ann Weaver Hart as the new president of the University of Arizona.
She's the school's 21st president and the first woman to ever hold the post at the Tucson school.
The 63-year-old Hart replaces Eugene G. Sander and will begin her term on July 1.
The Arizona Daily Star says Hart will get $620,000 a year in salary and benefits.
Hart currently is president of Temple University in Philadelphia and has served as president of the University of New Hampshire and provost and vice president for academic affairs at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, Calif.
Her prior appointments also include professor of educational leadership, dean of the Graduate School and special assistant to the president at the University of Utah.
Associated Press
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