Andrew Armacost

Andrew Armacost is the 13th and current president of the University of North Dakota, and a retired brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He previously served as the dean of the faculty of the United States Air Force Academy.

Early life and education Armacost is a native of Glendale, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Nicolet High School in 1985. He later graduated from Northwestern University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His father served the United States Coast Guard and earned a PhD in operations research. He assumed the position on June 1, 2020, succeeding Mark Kennedy and interim president Joshua Wynne. Due to his assumption of the office during the COVID-19 pandemic, Armacost began his presidency remotely from his home in Colorado.

In August 2021, UND became the first participant in the United States Space Force's University Partnership program under Andrew Armacost.

In September 2021, Former UND Police Chief Eric Plummer said that Armacost fired one of the two administrators that he believed discriminated against him because of his political convictions.

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