Melvin L. Oliver
American sociologist and academic administrator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melvin L. Oliver is an American academic administrator and professor serving as the sixth president of Pitzer College. He is the first African American to become president of one of the Claremont Colleges.[1]
Quick Facts 6th President of Pitzer College, Preceded by ...
Melvin Oliver | |
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6th President of Pitzer College | |
In office July 1, 2016 ā June 30, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Laura Skandera Trombley Thomas Poon (interim) |
Succeeded by | Jill A. Klein (interim) Strom C. Thacker |
Personal details | |
Born | 1950 (age 73ā74) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Education | William Penn University (BA) Washington University (MA, PhD) |
Academic background | |
Thesis | More than a game: A case study of family orientations to community baseball (1977) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociology |
Institutions | |
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