Claude Peter Magrath (/məˈɡrɔː/, born April 23, 1933) is a higher education administrator who has served as provost or president at multiple American universities.
From 1992 to 2005 he was president of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.
On July 8, 2008, was named interim president of West Virginia University.
[2] On January 2, 2010, while vacationing in New Zealand, his wife Deborah Howell, an editor for The Washington Post, died after being hit by a motorist.
On May 20, 2010, State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor Nancy Zimpher nominated Magrath to return as interim president to Binghamton University (previously known as SUNY Binghamton).