Iowa State University, where she was also professor of economics and psychology. In 1997, she became provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. On September 1, 2000, Hoffman became the 20th president of the then four-campus University of Colorado system. She served in that role until 2005, when she resigned citing the distraction of multiple ongoing controversies. These included the university's alleged use of sex and alcohol to recruit football players, an alcohol-related student death at the Boulder campus, and the Ward Churchill essay controversy. When she received a demand from Governor Bill Owens to fire Ward Churchill, she refused on grounds of academic freedom. Her refusal drew her personally into the Churchill controversy, and she resigned soon afterward. She has since identified the dispute over Churchill as her reason for resigning. References Presidents of the University of Colorado System Living people Iowa State University faculty California Institute of Technology alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni Smith College alumni University of Arizona faculty Purdue University faculty University of Illinois Chicago faculty University of Wyoming faculty University of Florida faculty Northwestern University faculty 1946 births People from Delaware County, Pennsylvania