Timothy Wolfe

Tim Wolfe
Wolfe speaks out against House Bill 253 at the University of Missouri in September 2013
President of the University of Missouri System
In office February 15, 2012 – November 9, 2015
Preceded by	Steve Owens (interim)
Succeeded by	Michael Middleton (interim)
Personal details
Born	Timothy Michael Wolfe (1958-08-31) August 31, 1958 (age 59) Iowa City, Iowa
Spouse(s)	Molly Wolfe
Children	2
Residence	Columbia, Missouri
Alma mater	University of Missouri College of Business Harvard Business School

Timothy Michael Wolfe (born August 31, 1958) is a former president of the University of Missouri System. His tenure lasted from February 15, 2012 to November 9, 2015, and ended amid controversy surrounding race relations at the university.

Wolfe was born in Iowa City, Iowa, and moved to Columbia, Missouri, when he was in fourth grade. He was quarterback of the Rock Bridge High School team that won the class 3A Missouri state high school football championship in 1975.

His father was a communications instructor at the University of Missouri from 1967 to 1997 and his mother taught in the Columbia school system from 1968 to 1972 before going on to teach at the Massachusetts School of Law.

He matriculated at the University of Missouri, earning a bachelor's degree in personnel management from the Trulaske College of Business in 1980. While an undergraduate, he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Wolfe interned for Cramer Products for eighteen months, and he was on the business school's Dean's List. In 1995, Wolfe completed Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.

In 1980, he became a sales representative in Jefferson City, Missouri for IBM. He worked in various capacities for IBM for twenty years. Wolfe subsequently worked for Covansys as an executive vice president.

In 2003, he began working for Novell Americas, where he served as vice president and general manager of the Southeast region. Three years later, he began overseeing the East region instead. Wolfe was promoted to president of Novell Americas in October 2007, overseeing Novell's operations in the Americas. Novell was acquired in 2010 by Attachmate.