Clara Lovett

Clara M. Lovett is an American educator and the former president of Northern Arizona University.

Early life and education Born in Trieste, Italy, Lovett moved to the United States in 1962 and received master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas, Austin.

Career Lovett was a faculty member at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. and various positions at the University of Colorado, Cal State and CUNY. She was the Founding Trustee for Western Governors University (WGU). After leaving NAU, Lovett was president and Chief Executive Officier (CEO) of the American Association for Higher Education until 2005. That year, she received the "Distinguished Contributions to Higher Education" award from the American College Personnel Association. Lovett is Chair of the Board of Directors for the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. (1979) Giuseppe Ferrari and the Italian Revolution (1983) Carl Schurz, 1829-1906 : a biographical essay and a selective list of reading materials in English (2002) The Dumbing Down of College Presidents, Chronicle of Higher Education (2011) Trusteeship, November/December, Number: 6, Volume:19

Personal life Lovett and her husband founded the B&L Charitable Foundation. She returned to the DC area in fall 2011 and established residence in Maryland in 2012.