Donald L. Beggs

President

Wichita State University

Dr. Beggs earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in education from Southern Illinois University and his doctorate in educational measurement and statistics in 1966 from the University of Iowa.

Prior to accepting the presidency at WSU in 1999, Dr. Beggs served in numerous administrative positions during his thirty-two year tenure at Southern Illinois University and retired as chancellor of SIU in 1998.

Dr. Beggs is the senior author of a nationally standardized test and the author of several books and many academic articles.

Dr. Beggs is active in the community serving on the board of directors for the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Greater Wichita Economic Development Council Steering Council. He is an ex-officio member of the WSU Foundation National Advisory Council and a member of the South Central Kansas Higher Education Consortium.

Respected by his peers, Dr. Beggs was selected to serve on the NCAA Executive Committee and the NCAA Division I Board of Directors from 2001 - 2005 and currently serves on the NCAA Presidential Task Force on the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Don and Shirley have two children and four grandchildren.