installation o f p r e s i d e n t s t e v e n l e a t h f i f t e e n t h p r e s i d e n t o f i o w a s t a t e u n i v e r s i t y f r i d a y , t h e f o u r t e e n t h o f s e p t e m b e r t w o t h o u s a n d a n d t w e l v e a m e s , i o w a 1 p r e s i d e n t s t e v e n l e a t h d r . s t e v e n l e a t h b e c a m e t h e 1 5 t h p r e s i d e n t o f Iowa State University in January 2012. He came to Iowa State from North Carolina where he spent many years as a faculty member, research program leader, and high level administrator with the University of North Carolina system and North Carolina State University. Dr. Leath serves on the Iowa STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) Advisory Council and is a member of the executive committee of the Greater Des Moines Partnership Capital Crossroads Implementation Committee, a board member of the Iowa 4-H Foundation, and a member of the Iowa Business Council. He is also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Crop Science Society of America, and American Phytopathological Society. From 2007 to 2012, Dr. Leath was vice president for research for the University of North Carolina General Administration. In that position, he promoted research and sponsored programs across the full spectrum of academic disciplines and interdisciplinary activities carried out by the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) 16 university campuses. He worked to increase levels of external support from federal, state, and private sources and worked closely with campus research administrators to develop research and sponsored program activity in support of the mission of each campus. In 2012, the UNC campuses attracted nearly $1.4 billion in competitive research grants and contracts, primarily from the federal government. He also oversaw UNC’s interinstitutional centers and the North Carolina Arboretum and was one of the leaders in such highly successful public- private partnerships as the North Carolina Centennial Campus, North Carolina Research Campus, Research Triangle Park, and the David H. Murdock Research Institute, which he helped establish and led as chief executive officer until joining Iowa State. 2 i o w a s t a t e u n i v e r s i t y He joined the faculty of North Carolina State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1985 as a plant pathologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) unit based on the NC State campus. He was named professor and research leader of the unit in 1998, then spent two years as acting national grain crops program leader for the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service in Washington, DC. He returned to NC State in 2001 as a professor and assistant director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS), was promoted to associate director in 2003, and was named NCARS director and associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 2005. Dr. Leath holds a B.S. in plant science from Pennsylvania State University, a master’s degree in plant science from the University of Delaware, and a Ph.D. in plant pathology from the University of Illinois. After receiving his Ph.D., he spent one year as an extension plant pathologist in Illinois. During his research career, Dr. Leath published nearly 100 scientific articles in plant disease resistance, plant pathology, plant breeding, and related fields. He and his wife, Janet, have two adult sons, Eric and Scott. 3 t h e a c a d e m i c p r o c e s s i o n p r e s i d e n t s a n d o t h e r o f f i c i a l d e l e g a t e s o f c o l l e g e s a n d universities representatives o f a c a d e m i c departments , i o w a s t a t e u n i v e r s i t y o f f i c i a l d e l e g a t e s o f l e a r n e d s o c i e t i e s a n d professional organizations representatives o f t h e f a c u l t y , administration , a n d s t u d e n t b o d y , i o w a s t a t e u n i v e r s i t y c h i e f m a r s h a l s 4 t h e a c a d e m i c p r o c e s s i o n p l a t f o r m p a r t y o f f i c i a l s President of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa President of the University Erskine Bowles, President Emeritus, University of North Carolina Governor of the State of Iowa Lieutenant Governor of the State of Iowa Chair of the Installation Planning Committee and Dean of the Library President of the Faculty Senate President of the Professional and Scientific Council President of AFSCME Local 96 President of the Government of the Student Body President of the Graduate and Professional Student Senate President and CEO of ISU Alumni Association Simon Estes, Adjunct Professor of Music Mayor of the City of Ames Executive Director of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa Presidents of the Iowa Regent Universities Members of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa Senior Vice Presidents of the University Vice Presidents of the University Deans of the University 5 t h e c e r e m o n i a l p r o g r a m c r a i g a . l a n g President of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, Presiding p r e l u d e c o n c e r t Flourish for Wind Band...............................................................Ralph Vaughan Williams Prospect......................................................................................................Pierre LaPlante Prelude and Fugue from “The Spitfire”......................................................William Walton arr. Paul Noble Resplendent Glory....................................................................................Rossano Galante First Suite in E-flat for Military Band.............................................................Gustav Holst I. Chaconne II. Intermezzo III. March ISU Wind Ensemble Michael Golemo, conductor A Cyclone Fanfare....................................................................................Michael Golemo Premier Performance t h e a c a d e m i c p r o c e s s i o n March and Procession of Bacchus.....................................................................Leo Delibes arr. Eric Osterling ISU Wind Ensemble o p e n i n g c e r e m o n y The Posting of the Colors........................................................Joint Service Color Guard The Star-Spangled Banner.......................................................................Francis Scott Key arr. Michael Golemo ISU Wind Ensemble Simon Estes, bass-baritone w e l c o m e Craig A. Lang g r e e t i n g s Representing the State of Iowa, The Honorable Terry E. Branstad, Governor Representing the faculty, Suzanne Hendrich, President of the Faculty Senate Representing the professional and scientific staff, David L. Orman, President of the Professional and Scientific Council Representing the merit staff, Andrew P. Bock, President of AFSCME Local 96 t h e c e r e m o n i a l p r o g r a m g r e e t i n g s (continued) Representing the students, Jared F. Knight, President of the Government of the Student Body Representing the graduate students, Cory J. Kleinheksel, President of the Graduate and Professional Student Senate Representing the alumni, Jeffery W. Johnson, President and CEO of the Iowa State University Alumni Association m u s i c a l presentation “Come dal ciel precipita” from Macbeth…….….................……….........……..Giuseppe Verdi arr. Michael Golemo Simon Estes, bass-baritone introduction o f t h e p r e s i d e n t Erskine Bowles, President Emeritus, University of North Carolina t h e installation Installation of the President Craig A. Lang Installation Address “Educate. Innovate. Achieve.” Steven Leath, President of Iowa State University of Science and Technology m u s i c a l presentations If Music Be the Food of Love………………................………………….......….David Dickau The Bells of Iowa State………….................……………….…….....……….James Wilson arr. Robert McCowen Iowa State Singers James Rodde, conductor Jodi Goble, accompanist c l o s i n g r e m a r k s Craig A. Lang recessional Procession of the Nobles………….................……………………Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Erik Leidzen ISU Wind Ensemble c e r e m o n i a l p r o g r a m n o t e s e r s k i n e b o w l e s Erskine Bowles is one of the nation’s most respected academic, political, and business leaders. He became president of the multi-campus University of North Carolina in 2006, which he led until his retirement on December 31, 2010.