Peter William Likins (born July 4, 1936)[1] was president of the University of Arizona from 1997 until his retirement in summer 2006.[2][3]

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At each of these universities, Likins was a professor of engineering.

Likins graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1953, where he was captain of the wrestling team and co-captain of the football team.[7] He attended Stanford University and became a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity.[8]

During the last semester of his presidency, a wire from his pacemaker poked a hole in his heart, causing him to nearly faint during an emergency drill being conducted on campus at the time. He underwent open heart surgery soon thereafter. Under different conditions emergency medical personnel might not have been able to respond in time to save him.[9]

Likins was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1984) for contributions to spacecraft dynamics and control, and for leadership in engineering education through teaching, research, writing, and academic administration.[citation needed]

Notes

  1. ^ American Men & Women of Science. 2008. ISBN 9780787665234.
  2. ^ Important moments in Likins' term, DailyWildcat.com
  3. ^ "Past Presidents". arizona.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  4. ^ University of Arizona (17 March 2006). "The Crossroads Conference". University of Arizona. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  5. ^ During his administration at Lehigh, he and the Reverend John E. Brooks, S.J. of the College of the Holy Cross were the two university presidents contacted by the Ivy League in the first stage of the formation of the Patriot League during the early-1980s (Feinstein, John. The Last Amateurs. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 2000). This effectively removed Lehigh from contention for a Division I-AA playoff berth.
  6. ^ a b Christine Wald-Hopkins (2011-05-26). "A former UA president tells the story of his diverse family". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  7. ^ "Santa Cruz Hall of Fame inductees". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 31, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  8. ^ The Rainbow, vol. 130, no. 2, p. 21
  9. ^ La Monica Everett-haynes (2006-04-13). "Likins rushed to UMC for surgery". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved 2011-08-23.

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Academic offices Preceded byW. Deming Lewis President of Lehigh University 1982–1997 Succeeded byWilliam C. Hittinger Preceded byManuel Trinidad Pacheco President of The University of Arizona 1997–2006 Succeeded byRobert Shelton
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