John Welty

John D. Welty
John D. Welty
	John Welty at a Fresno Grizzlies game in 2009
7th President of Fresno State University
	President emeritus
	In office; July 29, 1991 – May 8, 2013
Preceded by	Harold H. Haak
Succeeded by	Joseph I. Castro
18th President of Indiana University (Penn.)
	In office; July 1, 1985 – July 24, 1991
Preceded by	John E. Worthen
Succeeded by	Lawrence K. Pettit
4th Acting President of Indiana University of Pennsylvania
	Interim
	In office; July 1, 1984 – June 30, 1985
Preceded by	Bernard J. Ganley
Succeeded by	Charles R. Fuget
Personal details
Born	August 1944 (age 79); Amboy, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse	Sharon L. Brown-Welty
Children	Five
Residence(s)	La Quinta, California, U.S.
Education	Western Illinois University (B.S. Social Science, 1965); Michigan State University (M.A. College Student Counseling & Personnel Services, 1967);
Alma mater	Indiana University (Ed.D. Administration in Higher Education, 1974)
Occupation	Senior Consultant, AASCU Consulting
Profession	Professor of Education
Awards	President of the Year (2001, 2011), Calif. State Student Asso.; Chief Exec. Leadership Award (1999), Council for Advancement and Support for Education;
Board member of	Calif. Health Sciences Univ., Founding Chairman (Jul. 2012–); WACD, Chairman (Mar. 2020–); Calif. Health Care Foundation (Mar. 2012 – Feb. 2021);
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology
Sub-discipline	Organizational behavior
Institutions	Michigan State University (Admissions counselor); Southwest Minnesota St. Univ. (Asst. VP, Student affairs); University at Albany, SUNY (Assc. Dean, Student affairs); San Bernardino State Univ. – Palm Desert Campus (Trustee professor);

John D. Welty, a native of Amboy, Illinois, was the seventh and longest-serving president of Fresno State University before retiring on May 8, 2013. He was appointed president on July 29, 1991. Before coming to Fresno, he had previously served as president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania for seven years. Welty has a doctorate in administration of higher education from Indiana University.

In recognition of his highly productive career in higher education, Welty was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Western Illinois University, where he completed his undergraduate studies in 1965 before going on to Michigan State University.

On August 17, 2012, Welty announced that he would retire as president of Fresno State in the summer of 2013.

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