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Former interim UCM president Gordon Lamb has died
Feb 9, 2012, 7:01 PM
COLUMBIA, Mo.--Gordon Lamb, 77, who served as an interim president of both the University of Missouri System and the University of Central Missouri, died Monday, current Missouri interim president Steve Owens said.
Lamb took over the Missouri system after former President Elson Floyd resigned in April 2007 and served until Gary Forsee was hired in 2008. He then served as executive vice president to help Forsee through the transition. In 2010, he helped the University of Central Missouri through an administrative transition.
Lamb spent more than 40 years in public higher education, serving as the Kansas City campus's interim chancellor from 1999 to 2000. He also served as president of Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago and spent nearly 12 years as vice president of academic affairs at the University of Texas-San Antonio.
Lamb is survived by his wife, Nancy, three sons and five grandchildren.
Lamb took over the Missouri system after former President Elson Floyd resigned in April 2007 and served until Gary Forsee was hired in 2008. He then served as executive vice president to help Forsee through the transition. In 2010, he helped the University of Central Missouri through an administrative transition.
Lamb spent more than 40 years in public higher education, serving as the Kansas City campus's interim chancellor from 1999 to 2000. He also served as president of Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago and spent nearly 12 years as vice president of academic affairs at the University of Texas-San Antonio.
Lamb is survived by his wife, Nancy, three sons and five grandchildren.
