Alvin Goldfarb

Alvin Goldfarb
10th President of Western Illinois University
In office
July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2011
Succeeded byJack Thomas
Personal details
Alma materQueens College (BA)
Hunter College (MA)
City College of New York (PhD)

Alvin "Al" Goldfarb is an American academic administrator who served as the tenth president of Western Illinois University from 2002 to 2011. From 1977 to 2002, he was on the faculty of the department of theatre at Illinois State University in Normal, where he was also chairman of the theatre department, dean of fine arts from 1988 to 1998, and provost and vice president for academic affairs from 1998.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Rachel Hays, "WIU President Alvin Goldfarb to take office July 1," Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Western Courier, March 27, 2002.
  2. ^ "WIU's president says he's being treated for prostate cancer," Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Associated Press, Aug. 25, 2006.
  3. ^ "Western Illinois University picks ISU provost as new president," Associated Press State & Local Wire, March 8, 2002.
  4. ^ Randy Gleason, "Goldfarb to be Illinois State provost; role as healer seen," Pantagraph (Bloomington, Il.), May 8, 1998.