rock hills." President of Michigan State University DiBiaggio resigned from UConn in 1985 to become the seventeenth president of Michigan State University, serving seven years until 1992. In 1987, he launched Michigan State's first major capital campaign, raising more than $217 million, including a $20 million naming gift for the Eli Broad College of Business. In 1989, he inaugurated the university's K1200 Superconducting Cyclotron, then the world’s highest-energy continuous beam accelerator and a precursor to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. He oversaw construction of the Jack Breslin Student Events Center, which opened in 1989. His tenure saw the MSU Spartans football team win the Rose Bowl in 1988. After a two-year battle, he persuaded trustees to oust head football coach George Perles as MSU athletics director in fall 1991. DiBiaggio also implemented a new core curriculum based on integrative learning. President of Tufts University DiBiaggio became the eleventh president of Tufts University in April 1993. During his nine-year tenure, he launched a fundraising campaign that tripled the university's endowment to nearly $600 million. In 2000, he founded the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, originally named the University College of Citizenship and Public Life. His tenure saw the construction of the Jaharis Family Center for Biomedical Nutrition Research in Boston, the Bernice Barbour Wildlife Medicine Building in Grafton, and the Tisch Library, Dowling Hall, and the Gantcher Family Sports and Convocation Center in Medford. In the early 1990s, he worked with US Senator Ted Kennedy to convene the Massachusetts Campus Compact of sixty colleges and universities. Following his retirement from Tufts in 2001, DiBiaggio served two terms as a trustee of the University of Massachusetts, appointed at the recommendation of US Senator John Kerry. He also worked as a consultant for college presidents and executive directors nationwide. In 2004, DiBiaggio was hired by the University of Colorado to investigate ethical breaches and reform the athletics department. Public service During his career, DiBiaggio served on the boards of the American Council on Education, American Film Institute, Campus Compact, Golden Key National Honor Society, Knight Commission, and the NCAA Foundation. He was a member of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars and served as president of the board of the American Cancer Society Foundation. Personal life In 1989, DiBiaggio married Nancy Cronemiller, a sales director for luxury apparel. He had three children from a previous marriage: Dana, David, and