Jon Whitmore
| Jon Whitmore | |
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| President of Texas Tech University | |
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In office August 30, 2003 – 2008 |
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| Preceded by | David J. Schmidly |
| Succeeded by | Guy Bailey |
| 27th President of San Jose State University |
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In office August 1, 2008 – August 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Don Kassing |
| Succeeded by | Don Kassing |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jon Scott Whitmore March 22, 1945 Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Whitmore |
| Children | 2 |
| Education |
Washington State University (B.A. 1967, M.A. 1968) University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D. 1974) |
| Profession | Educator |
| Salary | $226,877 (as of 2010) |
Jon Scott Whitmore (born March 22, 1945) is the chief executive officer of ACT, Inc., a nonprofit organization headquartered in Iowa City, Iowa, with additional offices across the United States and around the world. ACT is best known for the ACT college readiness assessment, taken by more than half of America’s high school graduating class each year.
Before joining ACT in 2010, Whitmore held leadership positions at San José State University, Texas Tech University, The University of Iowa, The University of Texas at Austin, The State University of New York at Buffalo, and West Virginia University.
Whitmore was born in 1945 in Seattle, Washington, but spent most of his childhood in Stanley, North Dakota. One of eight children, Whitmore and his brother, Terry, are both first-generation college graduates. Whitmore’s mother was a primary school teacher. Before starting his undergraduate studies at Washington State University, Whitmore ran a movie house in his hometown.
Whitmore earned his bachelor’s (1967) and master’s (1968) degrees in speech from Washington State University, and a PhD (1974) in theatre history from the University of California, Santa Barbara. As an undergraduate student, Whitmore was president of the Washington State University Chapter of the National Collegiate Players and a recipient of National Collegiate Players Scholastic Achievement Award. As a master’s student at Washington State University, Whitmore wrote his thesis on the use of laughter in Tennessee Williams’ plays and directed numerous productions, including Miss Julie by August Strindberg and Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni. As a doctoral student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Whitmore wrote his dissertation on William Saroyan and directed productions including The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel and Epiphany by Lewis John Carlino.
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