"Michael Gartner" is an United States/American journalist and businessman. He was President of the Iowa Board of Regents. He is a graduate of Carleton College and the New York University School of Law.

His long career in journalism began in the sports department of the Des Moines Register at the age of 15. Eventually, he became page one editor of The Wall Street Journal (1960–1974), editor and president of the Des Moines Register (1974–1985), general news executive of the Gannett Company and USA Today (1985–1986), editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal (1986–1987) -- during which time he served as president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors -- and president of NBC News (1988–1993).

He resigned from NBC in 1993 as a result of controversy over the show Dateline NBC. The show reported on dangers of GM pickup trucks, but did not state that it had staged the explosion of a truck for broadcast. Years later Gartner said, "It happened on my watch. I took responsibility for it. I did what I thought you ought to do when you make a mistake. You say 'we made a mistake' and apologize to the viewers." (Iowa City Press-Citizen, April 23, 2005.)

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You really won't know until you know who is hired for those jobs. Certainly they're three of the most important jobs at the university.

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If someone does, we will listen very, very carefully and look into the situation. It's clearly an issue that is troubling to a lot of people in the state of Iowa.

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One of the nicest things about NBC is that Tom Brokaw is not Dan Rather.

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He's involved in a lot of central Iowa causes and issues and is just a terrific guy.

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This first year was based on a promise, but the future will be based on performance.

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Physically, he's fine, but psychologically he's a mess.

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I did the writing in New York, where I have an apartment, ... I spread it out all over the floor. There were piles and folders everywhere. But at the New York apartment I don't have to worry about the dog and the phone doesn't ring as much.

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You look at anybody. You don't rule anybody out.

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I hope salary isn't a bar to getting good people as candidates. I think that we will try to find the very best man or woman we can find and then try to work out the very best salary package we can work out.

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