Thomas Robert Plough (born 1941) is an American sociologist most notable for having served as president of
North Dakota State University and
Assumption College Assumption College may refer to these educational institutions:
Australia
* Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria
* Assumption College, Warwick, Queensland
Canada
* Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario) (formerly Assumption College)
* Assumpt ...
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Plough is a graduate of
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...
. He began his career at
Alma College, where he rose to serve as dean of students. He moved to the
Eisenhower College
Eisenhower College was a small college named after U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, located on Cayuga Lake in Seneca Falls, New York.
History
Ground was broken on September 21, 1965, in a ceremony that featured President Eisenhower and his frien ...
and later the
Rochester Institute of Technology where he was eventually appointed provost. He also briefly served as acting RIT president in 1991 and again in 1992. Plough resigned in the wake of the same scandal that led to the early retirement of
M. Richard Rose
Merle Richard Rose (March 6, 1933 – April 10, 2021) was an American academic. He was the tenth president of Alfred University from 1974 until 1978, when he left to become the seventh president of the Rochester Institute of Technology from 1979 ...
.
Plough assumed the presidency of North Dakota State University in 1995 and moved to Assumption College in 1998. He announced his retirement in August 2006.
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Alma College faculty
Living people
Michigan State University alumni
Presidents of North Dakota State University
People from Traverse City, Michigan
Rochester Institute of Technology administrators
1941 births
Presidents of Assumption University (Worcester)
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