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Joseph Anthony DiPietro (born July 19, 1951) is the former president of the
University of Tennessee system The University of Tennessee System (UT System) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of two public university systems, the other being the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR). It consists of four primary camp ...
, who served from 2011 to 2018.


Early life and education

DiPietro was born in
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to Alphonso and Luisa DiPietro. He graduated from the
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United States. Established in 1867, it is the f ...
in 1974 and later received a
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degree from UIUC College of Veterinary Medicine in 1976 and a
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in 1980.


Career

In 2010, after the resignation of John D. Petersen, DiPietro was chosen to be the 25th president of the University of Tennessee and 8th president of the University of Tennessee system.


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