W. Roger Webb

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W. Roger Webb Was born in Bristow, Oklahoma on April 28, 1941. He is the current President of the University of Central Oklahoma, in Edmond, Oklahoma, and the President and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

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In 1960, Webb graduated from Heavener High School. The following year he attended Oklahoma State University and in 1964 Graduated with a B.A. That year he took a job working in the Worked in the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C. In 1967, Webb was granted his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma.

In 1970 He was employed at the Oklahoma Public Safety Department. During this time he was an adjunct Physical Education Lecturer at UCO. In 1974 he served as Commissioner of the DPS. In 1978 Webb became the 14th president of Northeastern State University in Tahlequah,Oklahoma. During his time at NSU he was named to the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame.

In 1997 he became 19th President of the University of Central Oklahoma. Two years later he was elected to the Board of Directors in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, an organization of which he is now the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors.