Tag: President Steven Leath

Leadership & Policy
Iowa State’s Steven Leath Named President at Auburn
AUBURN, Ala. —  Auburn University hired Iowa State University president Steven Leath on Monday after a six-month presidential search process that some criticized as too opaque since no finalists were named publicly. Trustees unanimously selected the 59-year-old Leath to replace Jay Gogue, who is retiring. Leath, who has recently been under fire for his use […]
March 20, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Regent: Response to Iowa State Plane Scandal was ‘Slap in the Face’
A member of the Board of Regents says his colleagues’ decision to take no action against Iowa State University President Steven Leath for misusing university airplanes was “a slap in the face” to Iowa taxpayers. In a Dec. 20 email obtained Wednesday through the public records law, Regent Subhash Sahai told board leaders that he […]
January 11, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Regent: Outside Audit on Iowa State Planes Would have been Better
AMES, Iowa — A member of the Board of Regents says he would’ve preferred an outside audit into Iowa State University President Steven Leath’s potential misuse of school planes. Regent Subhash Sahai says he had the flu Monday and missed a board meeting to discuss an internal audit that detailed dozens of questionable flights but […]
December 14, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Iowa State President had Earlier ‘Hard Landing’
AMES, Iowa  — Iowa State University President Steven Leath damaged a private plane in a hard landing in 2014, 11 months before he banged up a university aircraft in remarkably similar fashion, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. Leath was flying in gusty conditions on Aug. 11, 2014 and “landed hard” in a […]
November 14, 2016
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