lieutenant predecessor successor birth_place party profession office birth_date term_start order birthname article_title term_end
mike runnels toney anaya bruce king alamosa , colorado , u.s. republican professor governor of new mexico 29 august 1939 january 1 , 1987 27th garrey edward carruthers garrey carruthers
 january 1 , 1991
garrey carruthers

garrey edward carruthers -lrb- born august 29 , 1939 -rrb- is an american politician , academic and former governor of new mexico who currently serves as president of new mexico state university -lrb- nmsu -rrb- .
he previously served as special assistant to the u.s. secretary of agriculture from 1974 to 1975 , director of the new mexico water resources research institute at nmsu , state chair of the republican party of new mexico from 1977 to 1979 , and assistant secretary of interior for land and resources from 1981 to 1984 .
carruthers earned his bachelor 's and master 's degrees from new mexico state university .
he has a ph.d. in economics from iowa state university .
carruthers , a republican , was elected the 27th governor of new mexico in 1986 .
a major focal point of the race was reinstating the death penalty , resulting in outgoing democratic governor toney anaya commuting the sentences of all men on death row in protest .
carruthers term ended in 1991 .
carruthers could not seek reelection , since at that time , new mexico term limits did not allow governors to seek consecutive terms .
carruthers was replaced by returning democratic governor bruce king .
carruthers was president and ceo of the cimarron health plan from 1993 to 2003 , and was chairman of the tobacco industry lobby group , the advancement of sound science coalition -lrb- tassc -rrb- from 1993 to 1998 .
in 2003 , carruthers was named dean of nmsu 's college of business .
he helped establish nmsu 's economic development operation , the arrowhead center , and served as the university 's vice president for economic development .
carruthers also helped found nmsu 's domenici institute and serves as its director .
in may 2013 carruthers was elected president of nmsu by the board of regents in a 3-2 vote .
