Ann Weaver Hart (born 1948) was elected the ninth university president of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 4, 2006. The first female president of Temple, she assumed the presidency on July 1, 2006. On September 9, 2011, Weaver Hart announced that she will step down in June 2012. Hart was named the 21st president of the University of Arizona on February 17, 2012 and began her term on July 1, 2012.
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