Steven Leath

Steven Leath
Leath in 2017
19th President of Auburn University
In office
June 19, 2017 – June 21, 2019
Preceded byJay Gogue
Succeeded byJay Gogue (interim)
15th President of Iowa State University
In office
January 16, 2012 – March 20, 2017
Preceded byGregory L. Geoffroy
Succeeded byBenjamin J. Allen (acting)
Wendy Wintersteen
Vice President of Research at the
University of North Carolina system
In office
2007–2012
Personal details
Born (1957-07-08) July 8, 1957 (age 67)
Providence, Rhode Island
SpouseJanet Leath (m. 1981)
ChildrenEric and Scott
Alma materPenn State University
University of Delaware
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign[1][2]
OccupationUniversity President
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Institutions
ThesisQualitative resistance to exserohilum turcicum race 2 in maize (1984)
Doctoral advisorWayne Pedersen

Steven Leath (born 1957) is an American academic administrator. He was president of Iowa State University from 2012 to 2017, when he became president of Auburn University. He resigned from his position at Auburn in 2019.

  1. ^ "About President Leath". Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University. 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Leading Iowa State". Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware. 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2016.