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| Dr. John Richman, whose relationship with the North Dakota State College of Science, started over 30 years ago, was appointed interim president on Sept. 16, 2006. | |
| Richman continues to serve as the college’s vice president for academic and student affairs at NDSCS, a position to which he was appointed in 2003 after serving one year as an interim vice president. |  Dr. John Richman President |
| Richman attended NDSCS in the early 1970s and played football and ran track. He returned to the Wahpeton campus in 1986 as head football coach and an instructor in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department. He also served four years as the college’s director of athletics before his appointment as an interim vice president in 2002. | |
| Under Richman’s leadership, the college has completed an extensive review of its academic programs, created new academic options, reorganized student services departments into a separate division and combined its admissions, financial aid and records functions into a comprehensive Enrollment Services office. | |
| A native of Lebanon, Ind., Richman earned his bachelor of science and master of arts degrees from what is now Minnesota State University Moorhead. He completed a Ph.D. in kinesiology at the University of Minnesota in 1999. Richman also competed in football and track and field at MSU Moorhead. | |
| Richman’s tenure as athletic director at NDSCS included creation of the Catbackers Club for athletic boosters, development of the Wildcat Open golf fund-raiser, a realignment of the college’s athletic conference affiliations and renovations to facilities. | |
| His past experience includes three years as athletic director, teacher and coach at Ada (Minn.) High School, three-plus years as an assistant football coach at MSU Moorhead and three years as an assistant football coach at the University of North Dakota. | |
| Richman and his wife, Marcia, live in Wahpeton. She is a social worker for the public school district. Their son, David, daughter, Mary, and daughter-in-law, Stephanie, all attended NDSCS. | |
