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Hail to the Chief: St. Cloud State University Presidents Since 1869

Lowell (Ted) Gillett (acting) (1981-1982)

Lowell (Ted) Gillett

  • When appointed acting president in May 1981, was dean of Graduate Studies at St. Cloud State
  • Earned degrees from Gustavus Adolphus, University of Minnesota, and University of North Dakota
  • Arrived in 1963 as a faculty member in the department of Psychology
  • After Brendan McDonald was named president of St. Cloud State in 1982, left to become Bemidji State University president, a post he held until 1990