predecessor successor children birth_place nationality profession office birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
leland w. miles paul a. miller s. gene odle albert j. simone scott rose eric rose craig rose fredonia , pennsylvania american administrator president institute of technology of the alfred university president of the rochester 6 march 1933 10th 7th 1974 1979 clarice ratzlaff m. richard rose
 1978 1992 merle richard rose slippery rock state college westminster college university of pittsburgh
m. richard rose

merle richard rose -lrb- born 1933 -rrb- was the tenth president of alfred university from 1974 until 1978 , when he left to become the seventh president of the rochester institute of technology from 1979 until 1992 .
he was born in fredonia , pennsylvania in 1933 and earned a bachelor 's degree from slippery rock university of pennsylvania , a masters in counseling from westminster college , pennsylvania , and a phd in higher education administration from the university of pittsburgh .
rose married clarice ratzlaff and raised three sons .
he served briefly in the united states marine corps and as a schoolteacher , eventually leaving to become a professor of education and assistant provost at the university of pittsburgh .
he was appointed a deputy assistant u.s. secretary of defense for education in 1972 .
in 1972 , rose published `` an educational road map to human goal fulfillment '' .
in 1975 , he wrote , `` educating the american military officer .
the system and its challenges : an overview ' . '
rose is a trustee emeriti at roberts wesleyan college .
