Samuel A. Kirkpatrick was president of the

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(UTSA) and

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(EMU).

Early life

Kirkpatrick earned a

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in education from

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and a masters and

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from

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. From 1970 until 1990, Kirkpatrick was a faculty member at various universities, eventually serving as head of the Political Science Department at

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, and then Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at

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President of the University of Texas at San Antonio

Kirkpatrick served as the fourth president of UTSA, from 1990 through 1999. Under his leadership, UTSA underwent a major expansion in enrollment, faculty, building projects, and degree programs.

President of Eastern Michigan University

In 2001, Kirkpatrick was hired as the president of

. He immediately pushed for the construction of a new president's house, arguing that a larger space was needed to host fundraisers and other official events. Kirkpatrick resigned from EMU in 2004, under pressure after a state investigation into the $6 million construction cost of University House, the new residence he had sought.

References

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