What is Betty Siegel?
[[File:Betty Siegel.jpeg|right|200px]] '''Betty L. Siegel''' (January 24, 1931 – February 11, 2020) was an American author and educator. He was president of [[Kennesaw State University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mrt.com/news/education/article/Kennesaw-State-s-second-president-Betty-Siegel-15054520.php |title=Kennesaw State&#039;s second president, Betty Siegel, dies at 89 - Midland Reporter-Telegram |access-date=2020-02-14 |archive-date=2020-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213220945/https://www.mrt.com/news/education/article/Kennesaw-State-s-second-president-Betty-Siegel-15054520.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was the first female president of the [[University System of Georgia]].<ref>{{cite news | first=Arlethia | last=Perry-Johnson | title=Kennesaw State University President Betty Siegel to Step Down | date=2005-05-12 | publisher=[[University System of Georgia]] | url =http://www.usg.edu/news/2005/051205.phtml | access-date = 2007-04-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070108223709/http://www.usg.edu/news/2005/051205.phtml |archive-date = 2007-01-08}}</ref> She was in that position for 25 years, making her the longest serving female president of a state university in the United States from 1981 to 2006. Siegel was born in [[Cumberland, Kentucky]]. Siegel died on February 11, 2020 in [[Kennesaw, Georgia]] at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eastcobbnews.com/longtime-kennesaw-state-president-betty-siegel-dies-at-89/|title=Longtime Kennesaw State president Betty Siegel dies at 89|publisher=East Cobb News|date=February 13, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Siegel, Betty}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Writers from Kentucky]] [[Category:Academics from Georgia (U.S. state)]] {{US-biography-stub}}