Facts: - profession: professor - title: president of bucknell university - successor: william drea adams - spouse: sandra - predecessor: dennis o'brien - term end: 1995 - term start: 1984 - birth date: 15 july 1940 - name: gary allan sojka - birth place: cedar rapids , iowa - alma mater: coe college ; purdue university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gary allan sojka .
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gary allan sojka -lrb- born july 15 , 1940 -rrb- was president of bucknell university from 1984 -- 95 .sojka received his ba from coe college , and his ms and phd from purdue university .sojka later became the president of the pennsylvania association of colleges and universities .sojka holds honorary doctorates from lycoming college , purdue university and bucknell university .sojka was appointed to the pennsylvania gaming control board for a two-year term in january 2007 and was reappointed in 2009 .