Mary Sue Coleman

Mary Sue Coleman earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Grinnell College. She received a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of North Carolina. For nineteen years, Coleman was on the biochemistry faculty at the University of Kentucky.[4]

Coleman sits on the Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson.[5] She was previously chair of the Association of American Universities. In July 2010, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke appointed her as the co-chair of National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.[6] In 2004, Coleman began leading "The Michigan Difference", a fundraising campaign that sought to raise $2.5 billion for the University of Michigan. The campaign raised $3.2 billion, setting a public university record.[7] She served as the 18th President of the University of Iowa from 1995 to 2002.[8]

Time magazine ranked Coleman as one of the ten best American university presidents in 2009, citing her success in fundraising and her emphasis on research.[9]

On April 18, 2013, Coleman announced her retirement as President of the University of Michigan, effective July 1, 2014.[10]

In June 2015 Coleman was appointed to the University of Denver Board of Trustees. She is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and co-chaired the Academy's Lincoln Project on Excellence and Access in Public Higher Education Project with former University of California-Berkeley chancellor Robert Birgeneau.[11]

Coleman served as president of the Association of American Universities from 2016 to 2020.[12]

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• Gnagey, Laurel Thomas (November 13, 2006). "Coleman on Prop. 2: 'We will not be deterred'". University of Michigan. Retrieved February 13, 2007.