Diana Natalicio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Diana Natalicio

American academic administrator

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1939

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Profession: academic

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Diana Natalicio (born August 25, 1939) is an American academic administrator who served as president of the The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) from 1988-2019.
After growing up in St.
Louis, Natalicio studied Spanish as an undergraduate, completed a master's degree in Portuguese and earned a doctorate in linguistics.
She became an assistant professor at UTEP in 1971, and was named the first female president of the university on February 11, 1988.
As of February 2016, no incumbent president had been in service longer at a major public research university.
In 2016 Natalicio was named to Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential people.
She was named President Emerita of UTEP by the University of Texas System Board of Regents in August 2019.