Martin Massengale | |
Order: | 4th |
President of the University of Nebraska | |
Term Start: | 1989 |
Term End: | 1994 |
Predecessor: | Ronald Roskens |
Successor: | L. Dennis Smith |
Order2: | 16th |
Title2: | Chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Term Start2: | June 1, 1981 |
Term End2: | January 11, 1991 |
Predecessor2: | Roy Young |
Successor2: | Graham Spanier |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1933 |
Birth Place: | Monticello, Kentucky, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | University of Wisconsin Western Kentucky University |
Occupation: | agronomist[1] |
Martin Andrew Massengale (born October 25, 1933) is an American academic. He served as the Chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1981 to 1991, when he resigned to become the President of the University of Nebraska system.[2] (He had served as interim president of the University of Nebraska system after the firing of Ronald Roskens from 1989 to 1991 while still serving as chancellor of the University of Nebraska until he was offered the full-time position.)
Prior to serving as chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Massengale had been the vice chancellor for agriculture and natural resources since 1976.[3]
Massengale is an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin and Western Kentucky University.[4]
Massengale served as chairman of the NCAA Presidents Commission from 1989 through the early 1990s.[5]
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