predecessor years_active children birth_place nationality name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
dan beebe 2012 & ndash ; present 4 waterloo , iowa american bob bowlsby 10 january 1952 candice bowlsby bob bowlsby
 robert addison bowlsby big 12 conference commissioner moorhead of iowa -lrb- master 's 1978 -rrb- state university -lrb- bachelor 's 1975 -rrb- university
bob bowlsby

robert addison `` bob '' bowlsby -lrb- born january 10 , 1952 -rrb- is the fourth commissioner of the big 12 conference replacing dan beebe .
prior to that position , he served as the athletic director at the university of northern iowa , university of iowa , and stanford university .
