Extension Head Will Return To Teaching


by Diana Pounds 
Robert M. Anderson will leave his position as vice provost 
for extension to return to teaching.

Anderson said he proposed the move in a recent request to 
Provost John Kozak because "I need a change. I'm returning to 
my first love, which is teaching -- undergraduate teaching."

Anderson will assume responsibilities as a professor in the 
electrical and computer engineering department.

"In his five years at Iowa State, Anderson has overseen an 
impressive transformation of extension," Kozak said, "from 
extensive reorganization and retraining of staff to the 
development of the leading extension information network in 
the nation. The computer network, which will be completed in 
a few days, gives every extension staff member in the state 
electronic access to the campus, each other, and information 
sources and databases throughout the world. The vice provost 
also led extension's quick and effective response to the 
floods of 1993."

Anderson came to Iowa State in 1990 from General Electric, 
where he had directed the training and continuing education 
of 50,000 GE engineers and scientists worldwide. Prior to 
that, he spent 12 years on the faculty at Purdue University, 
West Layfayette, Ind., where he was the Ball Brothers 
Professor of Engineering and led off-campus engineering 
programs. 

President Martin Jischke said that "Anderson's leadership in 
defining and advancing the concept of 'knowledge that works 
for Iowans' for the 21st century is the hallmark of Bob's 
legacy to the citizens of our state and nation."

Jischke and Kozak said they do not intend to change the 
extension administrative structure. Kozak will name an 
interim vice provost for extension by Aug. 1, and a national 
search to fill the position will begin early next fall.

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contact:  Diana Pounds, Internal Communications, (515) 294-
4845
updated:  6-16-95