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Dale F. Nitzschke

American university president

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ20737992 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dale Frederick Nitzschke (September 16, 1937 – October 17, 2024) was an American academic. He was the president of the University of New Hampshire from 1990 to 1996, and of Marshall University from 1984 to 1990. He attended Loras College and Ohio University, and held B.A., M.Ed. and Ph.D. degrees. He taught at Ohio University, State University of College of Arts and Sciences at Plattsburgh, New York, the University of Northern Iowa, and University of Las Vegas.

Nitzschke died on October 17, 2024, at the age of 87.

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“Dale F. Nitzschke” enters the record as american university president. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Dale, Nitzschke and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1937, 2024, 1990, 1996—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1937-09-16. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Dale, Nitzschke and American.
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Why this record matters

“Dale F. Nitzschke” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Dale, Nitzschke and American provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20737992. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1937, 2024, 1990 and 1996.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dale F. Nitzschke” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.