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Barbara Wilson chosen as new University of Iowa president Monday, May 3, 2021 11:06 AM A seven-month journey to recruit, evaluate and select the next leader of the University of Iowa ended Friday when Barbara Wilson, a longtime administrator at the University of Illinois, was named the institution's 22nd president, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported. The 63-year-old administrator was previously vice president for academic affairs at the University of Illinois. She will begin work at Iowa on July 15. She has a five-year contract that will pay her $600,000 annua...

The Associated Press ap photo University of Iowa’s incoming President Barbara Wilson is introduced during a news conference on Friday at the Levitt Center for University Advancement on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa’s governing board on Friday picked the University of Illinois System’s No. 2 executive to be the school’s next president, opting for an experienced academic leader to succeed a president with an unusual business background. The Iowa Board of Regents appointed Barbara Wilson to succeed Bruce Harreld, who is retiring after le...

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A seven-month journey to recruit, evaluate and select the next leader of the University of Iowa ended Friday when Barbara Wilson, a longtime administrator at the University of Illinois, was named the institution's 22nd president.  Wilson, 63, has been second in command of the sprawling Illinois system and was once interim chancellor there. She will begin work at Iowa on July 15. She has a five-year contract that will pay her $600,000 annually, plus up to $400,000 in deferred compensation each year. "In many ways this is my dream job. I was born and raised in the Big Ten. I'm a (Midwester...

Ryan J. Foley University of Iowa's incoming President Barbara Wilson speaks during a news conference, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Levitt Center for University Advancement on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. The Iowa Board of Regents appointed Wilson on Friday, to succeed Bruce Harreld, who is retiring after leading the campus since 2015, after interviewing four finalists in closed session. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP) April 30, 2021 - 3:14 PM IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa's governing board on Friday picked the Univers...