Facts:   - death place: cincinnati , ohio    - title: president of the university of cincinnati    - successor: nancy l. zimpher    - death date: 9 may 2013    - predecessor: henry r. winkler      - term end: 2003    - term start: 1984    - birth date: 17 february 1937    - name: joseph a. steger    - image size: 180px    - birth place: philadelphia , pennsylvania   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joseph a. steger .
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joseph a. steger -lrb- february 17 , 1937 -- may 9 , 2013 -rrb- was president of the university of cincinnati from 1984 to 2003 .he was succeeded by nancy l. zimpher .he had phd and ms degrees from kansas state university in psychophysics and statistics , and a ba from gettysburg college in experimental psychology .