Wendy Wintersteen

Wendy Wintersteen
16th President of Iowa State University
Assumed office
November 20, 2017
Preceded by Benjamin J. Allen (acting)
Steven Leath
Personal details
Spouse(s)
Robert Waggoner (m. 1984)
Residence The Knoll
Alma mater Kansas State University
Iowa State University

Wendy Wintersteen is an American academic administrator and President of Iowa State University.

Wintersteen received her bachelor's degree in crop protection from Kansas State University in 1978, and began at Iowa State University the next year. She earned a Ph.D in entomology from ISU in 1988. From 1989 to 1990, Wintersteen was director of the National Pesticide Education Program.[1][2] She became a professor of entomology at Iowa State in 1996, and has also served the university's College of Agriculture as director of extension to Agriculture and Natural Resources and associate director of Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station.[3] Wintersteen was appointed the dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 2006, and became the first endowed dean at Iowa State.[4][5] She was one of four finalists to succeed Steven Leath as president of Iowa State University,[6] and, in October 2017, was appointed to the position by the Iowa Board of Regents, becoming the first woman to take office as Iowa State University president.[7][8]

Personal

Wintersteen married Robert Waggoner in 1984.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Connor, Alex (11 October 2017). "Last finalist announced for Iowa State president position". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Wendy Wintersteen named Iowa State University president". Iowa State University. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Bolten, Kathy A.; Linh, Ta (23 October 2016). "Wendy Wintersteen named Iowa State's new president". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Biography of President-select Wendy Wintersteen". Iowa State Unieversity. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Biography: Wendy Wintersteen, Endowed Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University" (PDF). Iowa State University. November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Bolten, Kathy A. (11 October 2017). "Iowa State agricultural dean is finalist for university's president's job". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Cannon, Austin (23 October 2017). "Regents pick Wintersteen as next ISU president". Ames Tribune. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017 – via The Gazette.
  8. ↑ "Wendy Wintersteen named Iowa State's next president". Iowa State Daily. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  9. ↑ Ramm, Michaela (November 12, 2014). "Dean Wintersteen finds forever home at Iowa State". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  10. ↑ "What to call Wintersteen's husband? The president's spouse". Iowa State University. November 30, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
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