Robert Bess (interim) (1992-1995)

Robert Bess

• Educated at Tufts University, Columbia University and University of California, Los Angeles
• In 1979-1980, was acting president at California State University, Fresno
• Spent nearly entire academic career within the California State University system, retiring in 1991 as the Executive Vice President at California State University, Sacramento
• Intended to serve for two years at St. Cloud State, but stayed an additional year to give more time to conduct a presidential search
• The internationalization of St. Cloud State continued when, in 1994, nearly 400 international students from more than 50 countries were in attendance, more than double from two years earlier