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Les Wong
13th
President of San Francisco State University
8
Years served in his prior role, president of Northern Michigan University
16
Age when the California native met his future wife, Phyllis, at Oakland’s Bishop O’Dowd High School
72
Hours spent with Phyllis in an igloo they built together at 9,000-feet elevation on Mt. Rainier
4
Book recommendations from recent reading: “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Zafón and Lucia Graves, “Woman in the Dunes” by Kobo Abe, “The Edge of Sadness” by Edwin O’Connor and “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak
3
Degrees: Ph.D., Educational Psychol- ogy and M.S., Experimental Psychology, Eastern Washington University; B.A., Psychology, Gonzaga University
$35,000
Endowed gift, establishing the Dr. Leslie and Phyllis Wong Scholarship, made to SF State’s Students First campaign, prior to the start of his presidency
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