JSU Names new president

Jacksonville State University has announced its next leader. 

John M. Beehler will be the school's 12th president. During a special session of the Board of Trustees, the announcement was made that Beehler will assume the helm on July 1.

 

Beehler is currently the dean of the School of Business at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh. He is a certified public accountant and has held higher education leadership positions for the past 20 years. He is a graduate of the Harvard Institutes of Higher Education Management Development Program and the American Academic Leadership Institute's Executive Leadership Academy. He earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting from The Pennsylvania State University and an MBA and Ph.D. in finance and taxation from Indiana University.