Robert D. Koob
Robert Koob Robert D. Koob, the eighth president of UNI, began his service at the university in the fall of 1995. He succeeded Constantine William Curris. Koob had been senior vice president and vice president for academic affairs at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, California, since 1990. President Koob was born in 1941 in Graettinger, Iowa. He graduated from the State College of Iowa (UNI) in 1962 with a B. A. in chemistry. After receiving his B. A., President Koob was a high school mathematics and science teacher in Moville, Iowa.