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Eastern Oregon University President Dixie Lund was appointed by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education in July to serve as interim president of the University, effective August 1, 2007.   Lund is a well known and respected former interim president, dean, and faculty member at EOU, and came out of retirement to serve as interim at her alma mater.

Lund served for a decade as dean in EOU's Division of Distance Education, and held several other positions at EOU during her more than 30-year tenure at the institution. She first came to EOU as an instructor in the Division of Social Science and Business in 1973, having also obtained her B.S. in Secondary Business Education at Eastern the same year. She went on to obtain an Ed.M. in Adult Education from Oregon State University in 1984, and her Ed.D. in Postsecondary Educational Leadership from Portland State University in 1989. During her tenure at EOU, Lund held various teaching and coordinator positions in business, humanities, general studies, and distance learning. In 1994 she was named dean of EOU's Division of Distance Education, and grew on-line education for the University to the point where it is a model in Oregon and in other states that contend with remote, rural access to higher education.

Active in the local La Grande community, Lund also received the EOU Woman of Courage and Vision Award, and in 2002 received the Oregon Women in Higher Education Service Award. She lives in La Grande with her husband of 38 years, Ed Lund, and has two adult children who also live in Oregon.

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