Steve Ballard
| Steven Ballard | |
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Ballard accepting the 2010 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award
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| 10th Chancellor of East Carolina University |
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In office June 1, 2004 – 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Dr. William E. Shelton |
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| Born | Galesburg, Illinois |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Adams Ballard |
| Children | Nathan and Laine |
| Residence | 605 East 5th St., Greenville |
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| Profession | Academia |
| Salary | $325,000 |
| Website | Office of the Chancellor |
Steve Ballard is a former chancellor at East Carolina University. On June 1, 2004, Chancellor Ballard began his new job, becoming the tenth chief administrator at ECU.
Ballard spent his childhood in Galesburg, Illinois then attended the University of Arizona, where he graduated with distinction in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in history. As shortstop and captain of the Arizona Wildcats baseball team, he earned three varsity letters and played in the College World Series during his senior year.
After earning his doctorate in political science from Ohio State University in 1976, he spent the next two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oklahoma.
In 1978, he was named associate director of the science and public policy program at the University of Oklahoma. Nine years later, he was promoted to director of the program and professor of political science. In 1989, he moved to the University of Maine as founding director of the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, a post he held until 1998. While at the University of Maine, he also served as director of the University of Maine System/State Government Partnership Program from 1990 to 1992 and as chair of the Department of Public Administration from 1991 to 1994.
He was recruited to Ohio in 1998 as vice-provost for research and dean of the Graduate School at Bowling Green State University. Three years later, he was named provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.
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