Stanford Orson "Stan" Cazier (June 11, 1930 – March 14, 2013) was an American educator, university administrator and scholar.
[10] In July 1971, Cazier replaced Lew D. Oliver as president of Chico State College in northern California.
[3] As university president, Cazier confronted issues at the school during the period between the political unrest of the 1960s and the community disruption of the 1980s.
In late 1975 and early 1976, student protesters occupied the administration building while upset about the arming of campus security personnel.
[12] At the end of Cazier's tenure at USU, his wife Shirley developed Parkinson's disease, coupled with dementia.
A week later, Cazier's sister was killed in an automobile accident while traveling to help care for Shirley, who died three months later.
[12] Amidst this loss, a newspaper article quoted USU's research vice president, Peter Gerity, who said Cazier left the university with debts of three million dollars.
[12] After this, Cazier worked to rebuild his life by volunteering with Meals on Wheels, nursing home reading and English as a second language students.