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Harold Prior was appointed the sixth president of Iowa Lakes Community College on January 24, 2006. The son of an Iowa farm family, Harold graduated in 1967 from Orient Macksburg High School in Orient, Iowa.  

He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Education at Peru State College in Peru, Neb., in 1971 and completed a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Mo., in 1978. He completed a Ph.D. in Educational Administration at Iowa State University in 1991.  

In the first eight years of his educational career, Harold served as a high school teacher and coach and as a high school principal. He also served as Superintendent of Schools in four different Iowa school districts over the last 23 years. The most recent experience was as Superintendent in the Algona Community School district from 1988 through 2006.  

Dr. Harold Prior
Dr. Harold Prior

 

He was a presenter at numerous state conferences and authored several educational publications. In 2000, he was honored as Superintendent of the Year by the School Administrators of Iowa. 

The Prior family includes: wife Joyce; son Michael; daughter-in-law Carly; and grandson Gavin.
 
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