June 26, 2011
The U. of Arizona's President Finds an Unexpected New Field of Employment
Pat Shannahan, The Arizona Republic
"The sword gets dull and the shield gets a few holes in it," says Robert N. Shelton of his decision to leave the U. of Arizona. "And you start to think that maybe it's time for someone else to try." He will run the Fiesta Bowl.
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Pat Shannahan, The Arizona Republic
"The sword gets dull and the shield gets a few holes in it," says Robert N. Shelton of his decision to leave the U. of Arizona. "And you start to think that maybe it's time for someone else to try." He will run the Fiesta Bowl.
When top research universities need presidents, they go looking for someone like Robert N. Shelton.
A physicist by training, he has a résumé littered with top academic jobs: vice chancellor for research at the University of California at Davis; vice provost for research in the University of California system; executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and, since 2006, president of the University of Arizona.
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