Lattie Finch Coor Jr. (born September 26, 1936) is an American academic specialising in

public policy Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to solve or address relevant and real-world problems, guided by a conception and often implemented by programs. Public p ...

and the past president of two universities. He was the 15th President of Arizona State University (1990–2002) and the 21st President of the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the United ...

(1976–1989).

Biography

Lattie Coor was born in

Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the on ...

, on September 26, 1936, the son of Lattie Finch Coor Sr. and Elnora (née Witten) Coor.Arizona State University Libraries University Archives
Inventory of the Office of the President Records 1929–2002
Retrieved November 18, 2012. His father was a prominent local educator who was the teaching Principal of Avondale Elementary School in 1936 and later became the first Superintendent of the Avondale Elementary School District. Coor graduated from Northern Arizona University in 1958 with a BA in Political Science. He received his MA and PhD from

Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...

where his 1964 doctoral dissertation was titled ''The Increasing Vulnerability of the American Governor''. He remained at Washington University for the next ten years as a faculty member and eventually as its Vice Chancellor. He left in 1976 when he became the 21st President of the

. He served in that capacity until 1989 and then moved to Arizona State University where he became its 15th President.University of Vermont
"Former Presidents of the University of Vermont: Lattie Coor (1976–1989)"
. Retrieved November 18, 2012. After his retirement from the presidency of ASU in 2002 he stayed on as Professor and Ernest W. McFarland Chair in Leadership and Public Policy in the university's School of Public Affairs. In 2002 he also co-founded a "do tank", Center for the Future of Arizona, and serves as Chairman and Founding Director.

Personal life

Coor married Elva Wingfield in 1994. He has two sons and a daughter from his previous marriage to Ina Fitzhenry-Coor.''Trends Magazine'' (July/August 2006)
"Fabulous Phoenicians: Lattie and Elva Coor"
. Retrieved November 18, 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coor, Lattie Presidents of Arizona State University Presidents of the University of Vermont 1936 births Living people Washington University in St. Louis alumni Washington University in St. Louis faculty