Gordon Earl Guyer (30 May 1926 – 30 March 2016) was president of Michigan State University from 1992 to 1993.
[1] Guyer attended Michigan State University (MSU) beginning in 1947 where he first studied fisheries and wildlife, later switching to entomology and receiving his bachelor's degree in 1950.
He joined the MSU faculty in 1953 and held many leadership roles on campus.
Gordon was a professor and chairperson for the entomology department, the director of MSU's Pesticide Research Center - an institute he played a lead role in establishing - and the director of MSU Extension from 1973 to 1985.
Guyer traveled extensively for scientific research: he led one of the first American scientific groups allowed to visit China in the mid-1970s, and later traveled to Africa under United Nations' sponsorship to develop plant-protection education and research efforts in eight countries.