Mount Mercy Picks University Of Texas-tyler Business Dean As Next President

Having crisscrossed the country in his academic endeavors — serving as a dean for colleges and universities in Washington state, New Jersey, Texas, and Florida — Cedar Rapids-native Robert “Bob” Beatty is returning home this summer to assume the presidency at Mount Mercy University.Beatty — who less than a year ago began serving as dean of the Soules College of Business at the University of Texas at Tyler — will take over as Mount Mercy’s 10th president July 1, according to a news release from the Catholic university of about 1,800 undergraduate and graduate students.