Ardoth Hassler
Career: Vice President, Georgetown University
Ardoth A. Hassler earned a B.S. in mathematics from OSU, followed by a Master of Science
in biostatistics from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She began
her career as a scientific programmer and during the next 45 years, she was a leader
in computing and information technology in higher education.
During her career, Hassler had broad responsibilities relating to academic computing,
support for research and user services, policy, planning and budget, information security
and information systems, and headed institutional research. An Oklahoma City native,
she worked at the OUHSC and the now University of Central Oklahoma. Hassler moved
to Maryland in 1979 to serve as the head of computing at The Catholic University of
America. She moved to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in 1995 and retired
from there as the associate vice president for university information foundation as
senior IT adviser. Her work included establishing cybersecurity best practices for
large research facilities.
Hassler was a long-time member of the America Statistical Association and the Association
for Computing Machinery, which she joined as an OSU student. She has over 75 presentations
and publications and served on the boards of the InCommon Federation, Seminars in
Academic Computing and more. She also led and/or participated on committees for EDUCAUSE,
Internet2, SAC, ACM Special Interest Groups and the National Science Foundation Annual
Cybersecurity Summit.
In retirement, Hassler enjoys choral singing, quilting, volunteer work, traveling
and hiking with her husband, James M. Short. She makes and donates Quilts of Valor
and Quilts for Kids annually. Hassler and Jim have one son, Kyle Hassler Short.