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

Robert Wick (1965-1971)

Robert Wick

  • Served as acting president from August 1965 to April 1966, when he was appointed permanent president of St. Cloud State
  • Arrived in 1948 as a faculty member in the department of Speech
  • Just before becoming acting president, appointed as the Vice President of Academic Affairs
  • In 1967, KVSC began broadcasting at St. Cloud State
  • The building boom, which started under President Budd, continued under Wick: Halenbeck Hall (1965), Holes Hall (1965), Atwood Center (1966), Stearns Hall (1966), Benton Hall (1967), Business Building (1968), Performing Arts Center (1968), and Sherburne Hall (1969)
  • In 2005, the Math-Science Building (1973) was renamed the Robert H. Wick Science Building
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