Peter Likins
Peter William Likins was president of the University of Arizona from 1997 until his retirement in summer 2006.
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At each of these universities, Likins was a professor of engineering.
He attended Stanford University, where he became a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity.
During the last semester of his presidency, a wire from his pacemaker poked a hole in his heart, causing him to nearly faint during an emergency drill being conducted on campus at the time. He underwent open heart surgery soon thereafter. Under different conditions emergency medical personnel might not have been able to respond in time to save him.
