Alexander Gonzalez (businessman)

Alexander Gonzalez (born September 14^th, 1945) was the 11th president of California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State), serving from July 1^st, 2003 to June 30^th, 2015, after having held administrative positions at two other California State University campuses. His academic career began in 1983 as a professor of psychology at California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) for four years, followed by three years chairing that department, one as assistant to the president, and culminating in six years as the university's provost (from 1991 to 1997). He was named Interim President of California State University, San Marcos on June 25^th, 1997 as the California State University Board of Trustees rushed to respond to the sudden announcement of that institution's founding president's intention to depart only eight days earlier. Gonzalez was eventually rewarded with a permanent appointment to the position more than a year later after an exhaustive search of potential candidates, with the trustees saying "he earned it the old-fashioned way–through dedication and hard work."