Gerald Heeger
{{Infobox officeholder
| title = President of University of Maryland University College
| predecessor = T. Benjamin Massey
| successor = Susan C. Aldridge
| termstart = 1999
| termend = 2005
| alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley (B.A.)
University of Chicago (M.A., Ph.D.)
| order = 3rd
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1942}}
| birth_place = Iowa, U.S.
| children = 2
}}
Gerald A. Heeger (born 1942) is an American academic and college administrator. He was the third president of University of Maryland University College.
Early life and education
Heeger was born in 1942 in Iowa where his father owned a grocery store. He was raised in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1965, he graduated from University of California, Berkeley.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/03/03/nyu-dean-to-head-university-college/090e5a8e-7244-4205-94a5-a2228ceb6f7d/|title=NYU Dean to Head University College|last=Meyer|first=Eugene L.|date=1999-03-03|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2019-06-15|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}} He earned a master's and Ph.D. in political science from University of Chicago.{{Cite web|url=https://www.umuc.edu/about/mission-and-history/chancellors-and-presidents.cfm|title=Chancellors and Presidents {{!}} UMUC|website=www.umuc.edu|access-date=2019-06-15|archive-date=2019-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702101959/https://www.umuc.edu/about/mission-and-history/chancellors-and-presidents.cfm|url-status=dead}} He was a Fulbright scholar in India.
Career
Heeger taught at University of Virginia in the department of government and foreign affairs. In 1980, he became dean of the school of continuing studies at Adelphi University and later became provost and executive vice president. He became dean of the New School for Social Research in 1987. Heeger joined New York University (NYU) in 1991. He was the dean of the New York University School of Professional Studies where he created NYU Online. In 1999, he was appointed third President of University of Maryland University College (UMUC), succeeding T. Benjamin Massey who retired the previous year. In 2005, he was succeeded by Susan C. Aldridge. Heeger left UMUC to become the founding president of Whitney International University System Ltd.{{Cite news|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Labor-Strife-Hits/15631|title=Labor Strife Hits Labor-Studies Dept. at UMass-Amherst; CUNY to Hire 10 Demographers|last1=Gravois|first1=John|date=2005-12-09|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=2019-06-15|last2=Fogg|first2=Piper|language=en-US|issn=0009-5982}}
Personal life
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