Robert Skotheim
Author
1933 –
Who is Robert Skotheim?
Robert Allen Skotheim is an educator who has served as president of several colleges and institutions. He served as president of Whitman College in the 1970s and 80s and the Huntington Library in the 2000s. Skotheim assumed the role of interim president of Occidental College on January 1, 2008, replacing president Susan Westerberg Prager who unexpectedly announced her intention to resign in mid-November. During his tenure, Skotheim was one of the oldest college presidents in the nation. On July 1, 2009, Skotheim stepped down and Jonathan Veitch, formerly dean of Eugene Lang College, took the reins.
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- Born
- Jan 31, 1933
Seattle - Also known as
- Robert Allen Skotheim
- Robert A. Skotheim
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- PhD, University of Washington
History
( - 1962)
- PhD, University of Washington
- Lived in
- Port Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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