Iowa Provost Named Head of Humboldt State
Rollin C. Richmond, the provost of Iowa State University, was chosen Thursday to be the next president of Humboldt State University.
Richmond, 57, will become the Cal State University school’s sixth president when he begins his new job July 1.
He will replace Alistair McCrone, who is retiring after serving as president since 1974.
Before taking the Iowa State job in 1999, Richmond was the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, for four years.
Earlier, he was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida.
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