Maurice Cecil Mackey Jr. ("Cecil") (January 23, 1929 – February 8, 2018) was president of University of South Florida from 1971 to 1976, president of Texas Tech University from 1976 to 1979, and president of Michigan State University from 1979 to 1985.
Prior to these academic posts, he was director of the Office of Policy Development for the Federal Aviation Agency, director of the Office of Transportation Policy for the U.S. Department of Commerce, and assistant secretary for Policy Development for the U.S. Department of Transportation.
He later was a faculty member in the Department of Economics at Michigan State University, where he taught online and hybrid courses in comparative economics, macroeconomics and general business law as well as focused-topic film study courses for the English department.
[1][2] Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, June 10, 2019 # denotes interim president Pound sign (#) denotes interim president.
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