Katharine Lyall

Katharine Culbert Lyall (born April 26, 1941) was the president of the University of Wisconsin System from 1992 to 2004. Lyall was the first woman president in the UW system.[1] She had previously served as Executive Vice President of the System, and Director of the Graduate Program in Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University. She was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[1] She received a B.A. (1963) and a Ph.D. (1969) in economics from Cornell University, and an MBA (1965) from New York University.[2]

References
  1. "Katharine Lyall". Wisconsin Women Making History. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. "Presidents of the University of Wisconsin System". University of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
Preceded by
Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw		 President of the University of Wisconsin system
1992-2004		 Succeeded by
Kevin P. Reilly
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