William Tietz
| William Tietz | |
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| 9th President of Montana State University |
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In office August 1977 – December 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Carl W. McIntosh |
| Succeeded by | Michael P. Malone |
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| Born | 1927 (age 89–90) Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Spouse(s) | first wife not known Gwen Massey Tietz |
| Children | William John Tietz III ("John"), Karyn, Julia |
| Alma mater |
Swarthmore College (BA) University of Wisconsin (MS) Colorado State University (DVM) Purdue University (Ph.D.) |
| Profession | Professor of Veterinary Medicine |
| Website | www.montana.edu |
William John Tietz, Jr. (pronounced "TEE-tz") (born 1927) is an American veterinarian who was Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University from 1971 to 1977 and president of Montana State University from 1977 to 1990. A group of historians named Tietz one of Montana State's four most important presidents in 2011.
William Tietz was born in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in nearby Hinsdale, and graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in 1945.
After a year in the United States Navy, he enrolled at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where he ran track and was on the social committee. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in zoology in 1950. He immediately enrolled at the University of Wisconsin and graduated with a master's degree in zoology in 1952. He briefly studied the metabolism of small animals in arctic conditions in Alaska, and was employed for a short time by Baxter Laboratories in Illinois. He then entered the College of Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University, and earned his doctor of veterinary medicine in 1957. He immediately pursued a doctorate in physiology and pathology at the Purdue University School of Veterinary Science and Medicine, graduating in 1961.
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