News columnist writes endearing tribute to past president, Bob Maxson
Published October 21, 2025
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The life of Bob Maxson, the president of Cal State °µÍøÊÓÆµ from 1994 to 2006, was memorialized in a column by Rich Archbold of the . Archbold wrote that Maxson began his career as a high school English teacher before receiving his doctorate and going into higher education, where he spent 28 years as a university president, serving at the University of Houston-Victoria, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Cal State °µÍøÊÓÆµ. Maxson passed away on Sept. 22 at his home in Anacortes in the San Juan Islands near Seattle, Washington.