Robert L. Caret

Robert L. Caret (born October 7, 1947) is the former president of Towson University. He became the 12th president of TU on July 1, 2003. As a former faculty member, dean, executive vice president and provost at Towson, Caret served at Towson for 21 years before assuming the presidency of San José State University of the California State University System in 1995. Caret was named next president of the University of Massachusetts in January 2011 and assumed the office in July of the same year. Born in Biddeford, Maine to a restaurant owner, Caret was the first in his family to attend college. Caret received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of New Hampshire in 1974 and his bachelor's degree in chemistry and mathematics...