Matt Cooper Named New UA President

Matt Cooper, a Fairbanks lawyer with extensive university legal experience, is set to become the new president of the University of Alaska, starting August third. He was chosen from fifty candidates by the Board of Regents, praised for his team-building style and deep knowledge of Alaska and the university. Cooper will succeed Pat Pitney, who retires later this month, and will oversee three main campuses, thirteen community sites, over five hundred degree programs, and key research for about twenty thousand students. The hiring process was conducted confidentially, with Coopers base salary set at four hundred twenty thousand dollars.

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