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Article: Iowa State U. president moves to Purdue
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- August 21, 2000
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Sara Tennessen
University Wire
08-21-2000
(Iowa State Daily) (U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- Martin Jischke left Iowa State about a week ago to take over as president at Purdue University but not without a bit of sentiment for the memories of his nearly 10 years in Ames.
"My greatest sense of satisfaction is that Iowa State overall is a better university than it was 10 years ago," the former ISU president said. "We've had improvements in enrollment of talented students, minority students, quality of faculty and facilities, and it all comes together to make Iowa State a better university."
At midnight on Aug. 13, Jischke became president of Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind. His decision to leave Iowa ...