Photos: Former UA President Ann Weaver Hart
Ann Weaver Hart was the University of Arizona president from 2012-17. She was the first woman to serve as chief executive of the university.
Hart announced in 2016 that she would leave the job of president by June 2017, one year before her contract expired.
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Ann Weaver Hart, the new UA president, walks with Johnny Cruz, assistant vice president for communications, on July 9, 2012.
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Randy Hart, left, husband of Ann Weaver Hart, the new UA president, as they are being welcomed by university students and staff in front of the Administration building on July 9, 2012. #.
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Ann Weaver Hart, left, as a candidate for the presidency at the University of Arizona talks with Donna Swaim, a teacher and senior lecturer in Humanities on February 13, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. Hart met with the UA community including faculty in a public forum in the Gallagher Theater inside the Student Union Memorial Center.
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University of Arizona president Ann Weaver Hart looks on during the first half of the No. 4 Arizona Wildcats vs. No. 5 UCLA Bruins men's college basketball game on Feb. 25, 2017, in McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.
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University of Arizona president Ann Weaver Hart, left, chats with Dave Heeke before he is introduced as the new athletic director for the UA in Tucson on March 2, 2017. Heeke was recently at Central Michigan University.
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University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart, rejoices while she watches beam lift up during the topping-off ceremony of the $136 million University of Arizona Biosciences Partnership Building in downtown Phoenix, on Thursday March 3, 2016.
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During a Board of Regents meeting, new UA President Robert C. Robbins, right, remarks on his block "A" tie given to him by University of Arizona president Ann Weaver Hart, center, before an Arizona Board of Regents meeting at the Student Union Memorial Center on the University of Arizona campus April 7, 2017, in Tucson.
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Ann Weaver Hart was paid $823,220 for her role as a “university professor” in the two years since stepping down as University of Arizona president. She did not teach a class.
. according to the expenditures, begins the ceremonies during the 152nd University of Arizona Commencement on Friday, May 13, 2016, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz. University President Ann Weaver Hart conferred about 6,000 degrees to more than 4,000 graduates at the outdoor ceremony.
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The Arizona Board of Regents listen to President Ann Weaver Hart as they meet at the University of Arizona Student Memorial Union in June, 2015.
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Arizona State University president, Michael Crow, left, and University of Arizona president Ann Weaver Hart were featured speakers during the TREO annual luncheon about what's being done to develop workforce talent in Arizona on September 25, 2013 at Westin La Paloma resort.
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Six University of Arizona presidents in November 2017: (back row, from left) John Paul Schaefer (1971-1982), Manuel Trinidad Pacheco (1991-1997) and Ann Weaver Hart (2012-2017); (front row, from left) Henry Koffler (1982-1991), Robert C. Robbins (2017-present) and Peter Likins (1997-2006)
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President Ann Weaver Hart addresses the crowd during the 153rd University of Arizona Commencement ceremony on May 12, 2017, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz. UA president Ann Weaver Hart conferred about 6,800 degrees on the Class of 2017.
Rick Wiley
Photo editor
Former president retired from university in May after completing sabbatical year.