Martha Piper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Martha Piper

Canadian academic

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1958

Place of Birth: Lorain, Ohio, United States

Profession: academic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Martha C.
Piper, was the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia.
She held the position from 1997 until 2006, and was the 11th person and the first woman to do so.
Having been born in Lorain, Ohio, she is also the first person born outside Canada to have held the position.
She is a Canadian citizen and she was made an officer of the Order of Canada in 2002.
Her contract with UBC stipulated a salary of $350,000 plus incentive payments of up to $50,000 per year upon meeting the performance goals set by the Board of Governors.Stephen Toope replaced Piper as president of the University of British Columbia on July 1, 2006.
On August 7, 2015, the University of British Columbia announced that Piper had been appointed as interim president, to serve from September 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, while "the university conducts a comprehensive, global search for a new leader" following the sudden resignation of Toope's replacement Arvind Gupta.
Santa J.
Ono was selected to serve as the fifteenth President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia.Piper currently sits on numerous boards in Canada, including Bank of Montreal, Shoppers Drug Mart and the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education.