predecessor nationality office birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name |successor alma_mater
b.d. owens american northwest missouri state university 1939 9th president of 1984 dean l. hubbard
 2009 dean l. hubbard john jasinski andrews from stanford university university yonsei university in seoul , korea ph.d.
dean l. hubbard

dean l. hubbard -lrb- born 1939 -rrb- was the university president of northwest missouri state university from 1984 until 2009 -- the longest of any president in the school history .
during hubbard 's tenure the school avoided an announced closing and created the first electronic campus in the united states .
it also experienced success in sport , with northwest appearing in six national title games and playing some games at arrowhead stadium in kansas city .
