President Emeritus Ingle named interim president of Athens State University

Ronald R. Ingle, president emeritus of Coastal Carolina University, was named interim president of Athens State University in Alabama on May 18.

According to a news release, Athens State’s board of trustees unanimously agreed on the choice of Ingle as interim president. Ingle has verbally agreed to serve in the role while the university conducts a nationwide search for a full-time president.

Ingle was interim provost at Athens State University, located in Athens, Ala., from January 2015 to June 2016.

Ingle served as president of CCU from 1993 to 2007. Before coming to Coastal Carolina in 1988 as provost, he held several administrative and faculty positions at universities around the nation.

Raised in Moncks Corner, S.C., Ingle earned a bachelor's degree in English from Wofford College and a master’s degree in higher education administration from Florida State University. He has a doctorate in psychology from Ohio State University.

Ingle is expected to begin his duties as interim president this summer.