LaVerne E. Ragster
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LaVerne E. Ragster | |
|---|---|
| 4th President of the University of the Virgin Islands | |
| In office 2002–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Orville Edward Kean |
| Succeeded by | David Hall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) |
| Education | University of Miami San Diego State University University of California, San Diego |
LaVerne Erina Ragster (born 1951) is a U.S. Virgin Island marine biologist and academic administrator who served as the fourth president of the University of the Virgin Islands from 2002 to 2009.
Ragster was born in 1951 on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.[1][2]
In 1969, she graduated from Charlotte Amalie High School.[1] She earned a B.S. in biology and chemistry from the University of Miami in 1973.[1] In 1975, she completed a M.S. in biology with an algal physiology concentration at San Diego State University.[1] Ragster earned a Ph.D. in biology with a plant biochemistry concentration from the University of California, San Diego in 1980.[1][3] Her dissertation was titled, Proteinases and the Control of Protein Degradation in the Leaves of Soybean (G̲l̲y̲c̲i̲n̲e̲ m̲a̲x̲ [L.] Merr).[2]
