William J. Cibes Jr. *75

Bill died Feb. 8, 2024, in Farmington, Conn.

Born in Kansas in 1944, he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas in 1965 and his Ph.D. in politics from Princeton in 1975.

Bill’s professional life encompassed academia and politics. He launched his academic career by joining the faculty of Connecticut College in 1969. After spending time in state government, in 1994 he became the president of the Connecticut State University system, which at that time included the four regional state universities, retiring as its chancellor in 2006.

In 1978, Bill was elected to the first of six terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives. Considered the General Assembly’s leading expert on tax policy, Bill co-chaired the Finance, Revenue, and Bonding Committee. He served as budget chief to Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr.

Bill served on the board of the Connecticut News Project and was the publisher of The Connecticut Mirror from its launch in 2010 until 2018.

Predeceased by his wife Peg, Bill is survived by his daughter Julia and his brother Charles.

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