Joanne Glasser, the 10th president of Eastern Kentucky University and the first woman officially selected for that role, died Monday.
Glasser, whose death was announced Tuesday by Bradley University in Illinois, where she became president after her time at EKU, was 75.
She served as EKU’s president from 2001 to 2007, then as Bradley’s president until 2015. Glasser was also the first woman to hold that role.
During her time at EKU, the university launched its first comprehensive capital campaign. It also opened a new business and technology center, a student services building, a fitness and wellness center and a campus in Corbin.
Her tenure included the addition of academic programs in professional golf management and homeland security.
Glasser came to EKU from Towson University in Maryland. She was a native of Baltimore and a graduate of George Washington University and the University of Maryland School of Law.
