John W. Hicks

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John W. Hicks (1921-2002) served as acting president of Purdue University from 1982 to 1983. An agricultural economist, he was executive assistant to the university's presidents Frederick L. Hovde and Arthur G. Hansen from 1955 to 1982. Purdue's Undergraduate Library was renamed in his honor on April 21, 1990.

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Arthur G. Hansen
President of Purdue University
1982–1983
Succeeded by
Steven C. Beering