Peter C. Magrath

President Emeritus of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), past president of three public universities (University of Missouri System, University of Minnesota and State University of New York at Binghamton), elected to the Board of Directors of the American Association of Community Colleges, C. Peter Magrath is currently on leave from his position as Senior Presidential Advisor to the College Board to serve as Interim President of West Virginia University.

Professor Magrath served on the Commission on the Future of the National Science Foundation, organized the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities, and served on the Board of Directors of the Salzburg Seminar, having acquired a broad perspective on higher education, including a long history of leadership in international education activities.

A political scientist with a B.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire and a Ph.D. degree from Cornell University, Magrath is the author of numerous books, monographs and articles on American constitutional law and history, higher education, and international affairs. He has been recognized with honorary doctoral degrees from prestigious American and European universities