Myles Brand: NCAA President and University Leader Dies at 67

Myles Brand was an American philosopher and university administrator. Born on May 17, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York, he became a professor of philosophy.

He served as president of the University of Oregon from 1989 to 1994 and of Indiana University from 1994 to 2002. In 2003 he became the fourth president of the NCAA, the first college president to lead the organization. At Indiana he fired basketball coach Bob Knight in 2000.

As NCAA president he promoted academic reform for student-athletes. Brand was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2009 and died in Indianapolis on September 16, 2009, at age 67.

Achievements: NCAA president (2003-2009), president of Indiana University (1994-2002).

Birth: May 17, 1942 - Brooklyn, New York.

Profession: University administrator.

Interesting Facts: Indiana University named a hall in his honor in 2019.