On Oct. 23, 2009, the State Board of Higher Education voted to name Richard A. Hanson, Ph.D., interim president of North DakotaStateUniversity. Dr. Hanson currently is president of WaldorfCollege, Forest City, Iowa. Prior to joining WaldorfCollege, he was vice president for academic affairs and dean at AugustanaCollege, Sioux Falls, S.D., from 1995 to 2005. He also has held positions at CaliforniaStateUniversity, Chico, and NDSU. His most recent positions at NDSU were as the associate vice president for academic affairs (1992-95) and interim vice president for academic affairs (1995). A native ofHillsboro, N.D., Richard Hanson holds a B.A. in sociology and an M.S. in child development and family relations, both from NDSU, as well as a Ph.D. in applied behavioral science from the University of California, Davis. He played football for NDSU, then for the New York Giants in 1971and 1972 prior to becoming a graduate assistant football coach at NDSU.
