{{Short description|American academic administrator}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James H. McCormick | image = | office = 3rd Chancellor of the [[Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system]] | term_start = July 1, 2001 | term_end = July 31, 2011 | predecessor = Morris Anderson | successor = Steven Rosenstone | office1 = 1st Chancellor of the [[Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education]] | term_start1 = July 1, 1983 | term_end1 = June 30, 2001 | predecessor1 = ''Office established'' | successor1 = Judy Hample | office2 = 4th President of [[Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania]] | term_start2 = 1973 | term_end2 = 1983 | predecessor2 = Robert Nossen | successor2 = Larry Jones | birth_name = James Harold McCormick | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|11|11}} | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Maryan Kough Garner | children = 2, including [[Dave McCormick|Dave]] | education = [[Indiana University of Pennsylvania]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br> [[University of Pittsburgh]] ([[MEd]], [[EdD]]) {{infobox scientist | embed = Yes | field = {{flatlist| *[[Education]] *[[Psychology]]}} | workplaces = [[Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania]] <br> [[Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania]] | thesis_title = Differences in the Relationship Between Achievement and Selected Measures of Aptitude Under Programmed and Non-Programmed Instruction. | thesis_url = https://search.worldcat.org/title/Differences-in-the-relationship-between-achievement-and-selected-measures-of-aptitude-under-programmed-and-non-programmed-instruction/oclc/24025467 | thesis_year = 1963}} | birth_place = [[Indiana, Pennsylvania|Indiana]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. }}
'''James Harold McCormick''' (born November 11, 1938)<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |title=[[The Pennsylvania Manual]] |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of General Services]] |year=1993 |isbn=0-8182-0177-0 |location=[[Harrisburg]] |pages=4-95 |language=en}}</ref> is an American academic administrator who was most recently chancellor of the [[Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system]] from 2001 to 2011. He was previously the first chancellor of the [[Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education]] for eighteen years. His son, [[Dave McCormick]], is an incumbent [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]].
==Early life and education== McCormick was born in 1938 to Harold Clark and Mary Blanche Truby McCormick.<ref name=":1" /> He earned a bachelor's degree from [[Indiana University of Pennsylvania]] in 1959.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dr. James H. McCormick |url=https://library.bloomu.edu/pages/Archives/Presidents/McCormick.htm |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=library.bloomu.edu}}</ref> He completed a master's degree in curriculum and administration and a D.Ed. in educational administration from the [[University of Pittsburgh School of Education]].<ref name=":0" /> His 1963 dissertation was titled, ''Differences in the Relationship Between Achievement and Selected Measures of Aptitude Under Programmed and Non-Programmed Instruction''.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=McCormick |first=James Harold |title=Differences in the Relationship Between Achievement and Selected Measures of Aptitude Under Programmed and Non-Programmed Instruction |date=1963 |degree=D.Ed. |publisher=University of Pittsburgh |oclc=24025467}}</ref>
== Career == In 1965, McCormick became part of the faculty at [[Shippensburg State College]], starting as an associate professor in the Department of Education and Psychology.<ref name=":0" /> Over the years, he took on various roles within the institution, including assistant dean of academic affairs, acting dean of teacher education, assistant to the president, and vice president for administration.<ref name=":0" /> He actively participated in the faculty senate and played a significant role in negotiating the initial faculty contract in from 1971 to 1972 as one of the two vice-presidents on the commonwealth team.<ref name=":0" />
In 1973, McCormick became the president of [[Bloomsburg State College]], succeeding Robert Nossen.<ref name=":0" /> He served in the role until 1983.<ref name=":0" /> He was later the first chancellor of the [[Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education]] for eighteen years.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Minnesota State - Dr. James H. McCormick named chancellor emeritus |url=https://www.minnstate.edu/media/newsreleases/2009/040209.html |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.minnstate.edu}}</ref> From July 1, 2001, to July 31, 2011, McCormick was the chancellor of the [[Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minnesota State - MnSCU Chancellor receives emeritus status |url=https://www.minnstate.edu/media/newsreleases/2011/072011.html |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.minnstate.edu}}</ref>
== Personal life == McCormick married Maryan Kough Garner, a college [[professor]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-28 |title=Bloomsburg University dedicates the Maryan G. McCormick Serenity Garden |url=https://www.northcentralpa.com/education/college_info_and_news/bloomsburg_university/bloomsburg-university-dedicates-the-maryan-g-mccormick-serenity-garden/article_5790b0d0-00e5-11eb-911f-bbc9f1dedda7.html |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=NorthcentralPA.com |language=en}}</ref> They are the parents of two children, Douglas Paul and businessman and U.S. Senator [[Dave McCormick]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Glueck |first=Katie |last2=Beier |first2=Hannah |date=2024-04-19 |title=This G.O.P. Senate Candidate Says He Grew Up on a Family Farm. Not Exactly. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/politics/dave-mccormick-farm-pennsylvania.html |access-date=2024-04-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
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