Tag: Steven Leath

Leadership & Policy
Audit Questions Iowa State’s Purchase of Plane for Ex-leader
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa State University had no clear need to spend $498,000 in donations to buy an airplane that former President Steven Leath used largely to improve his piloting skills, state auditors reported Tuesday. Iowa State should also consider seeking reimbursement from Leath, now president of Auburn University, for a 2016 spring break […]
October 24, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Audit: No Proof Iowa State President had Waivers for Guns
AMES, Iowa — An audit is questioning whether Iowa State University President Steven Leath violated policy by storing and transporting firearms in campus housing and airplanes without written approvals. A Board of Regents report says ISU has no documentation that Leath applied for and received waivers required to bring guns on school property. Leath stores […]
February 14, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Iowa State President Apologizes, Reimburses for More Flights
ANKENY, Iowa — Iowa State University President Steven Leath apologized Monday for using university airplanes for some personal trips and said he had paid back the school for additional flights beyond what he had done previously. Leath told the Iowa Board of Regents during a special meeting in Ankeny that he was “very sorry” for […]
December 12, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Auditor Gets Access to Iowa State President’s Flight Log
AMES, Iowa  — An auditor has examined Iowa State University President Steven Leath’s log book detailing when and where he has flown planes in recent years. The Board of Regents is auditing flights taken by Leath, following a damaging hard landing during vacation. One question was whether Leath would turn over his log, which pilots […]
November 28, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Prosecutor Asks Iowa State University Police to Investigate N.C. Flight
AMES, Iowa ― A prosecutor has asked Iowa State University police to investigate a flight that took President Steven Leath to the North Carolina town where he owns a home. Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds received a complaint Monday questioning a university plane’s travel to and from Jefferson, North Carolina on March 12 ― the […]
November 7, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Iowa State Spent $290,000 to Upgrade Airplane that was Sold
AMES, Iowa ― Iowa State University is defending its decision to spend $290,000 upgrading an airplane that it sold one year later. The university disclosed Tuesday that it installed a new avionics system in its 1977 King Air 200 in January 2013. University spokeswoman Megan Landolt said the school determined a year later that it […]
October 26, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Citing Concerns, Board to Audit Iowa State President’s Flights
IOWA CITY, Iowa ― Iowa State University’s governing board ordered an audit Thursday of every flight President Steven Leath has taken on school airplanes, and its leader said some of the trips appear “questionable at best.” In a rare rebuke of an ally, Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter said during a meeting at the […]
October 20, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Iowa State President: ‘Learned my Lesson’ on Use of Planes
AMES, Iowa ― Iowa State University President Steven Leath said he will be more cautious about mixing personal and official business after facing criticism over his use of university airplanes and a $1.1 million private land deal with his boss. Leath told the university’s student government Wednesday night that he misjudged how both issues would […]
October 6, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Iowa State President Says He Will Stop Flying School Plane
AMES, Iowa ― The president of Iowa State University said Monday he will no longer pilot a university airplane he has used for trips that have mixed business and personal affairs. President Steven Leath also said he and his wife will make a donation to the university’s scholarship fund in the amount of costs associated […]
September 26, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Iowa State President Damaged School Plane on Personal Trip
AMES, Iowa ― Iowa State University’s president was returning from an 11-day personal trip to North Carolina when he damaged a small university-owned airplane in a rough landing, the school confirmed Saturday. President Steven Leath, a pilot, flew himself and his wife on July 3, 2015, in the university’s Cirrus SR22 to Ashe County, […]
September 25, 2016
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