Whittier College is a private liberal arts college in Whittier,California. It is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and,as of spring 2024,had 815 undergraduate and graduate students. It was founded in 1887. Whittier offers one graduate degree--a master's degree in education.
Bethune–Cookman University is a private historically black university in Daytona Beach,Florida. Bethune–Cookman University is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The primary administration building,White Hall,and the Mary McLeod Bethune Home are historic venues.
Janet Louise Yellen is an American economist,currently serving as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury since January 26,2021. She previously served as the 15th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She is the first woman to hold either post,and has also led the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Yellen is the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration and Economics at the University of California,Berkeley.
Marist College is a private university in Poughkeepsie,New York. Founded in 1905,Marist was formed by the Marist Brothers,a Catholic religious institute,to prepare brothers for their vocations as educators. By 1969,the college had become private with a predominantly lay board of trustees and in 2003,the Catholic Church recognized Marist as a secular institution.
Dutchess Community College is a public community college in Dutchess County,New York. It is one of 30 community colleges within the State University of New York system (SUNY).
Hudson Valley Community College is a public community college in Troy,New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY). Although about eighty percent of the students are from the Capital District,the remainder are from other parts of New York,other states and from some 30 countries around the world.
Paul Ching Wu Chu is a Chinese-American physicist specializing in superconductivity,magnetism,and dielectrics. He is a professor of physics and T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science in the Physics Department at the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. He was the president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2001 to 2009. In 1987,he was one of the first scientists to demonstrate high-temperature superconductivity.
Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) is a private nondenominational Christian university in West Palm Beach,Florida. The university's nine colleges focus on the liberal arts with a select collection of professional studies. In 2023,its undergraduate enrollment was approximately 2,400.
Mount Saint Mary College is a private Catholic college in Newburgh,New York. It was founded in 1959 by the Dominican Sisters.
Robert Allen Skotheim is an American educator who has served as president of several colleges and institutions.
Fieldon King Alexander is an American former university administrator and professor of higher education policy and finance. He was the president of Oregon State University,Louisiana State University,California State University,Long Beach,and Murray State University. He resigned from his most recent position as President of Oregon State University in 2021 after a faculty vote of no-confidence. While at LSU,he also oversaw,and helped cover up,a culture of rape and domestic violence,where Title IX complaints were routinely dismissed.
Robert "Bob" Martin Horn was a collegiate swimmer and Water Polo Player for Fullerton College and Long Beach State,who as the first full-time UCLA swimming and Water Polo Coach from around 1964-1991 led the Bruins to 3 NCAA Water Polo Championships in 1969,1970–72,and 7 Water Polo PAC-8 league championships from 1964-1971. He represented the United States in Water Polo as an outstanding goalie in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Barry Allen Munitz has been a senior administrator at the University of Illinois and the University of Houston,a business executive at Maxxam,Inc.,chancellor of the California State University system,and chief executive officer of the world's wealthiest art institution,the J. Paul Getty Trust. He is on the Board of Selectors of Jefferson Awards for Public Service.
The Red Foxes are the athletic teams of Marist College. The Marist Red Foxes compete in NCAA Division I athletics as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) the only exception being football,a member of the Pioneer Football League (PFL).
Kirk Jellerson is an American former college football player and coach. He served as the interim head football coach at Utica College in 2007 and as the head football coach at Whittier College in 2011.
H. Edward Flentje is a former American educator at Wichita State University,who has served multiple positions across the state of Kansas. Most recently,Flentje served as Emporia State University's interim president in 2011 and before that,Interim City manager for Wichita,KS in 2008.
Eugene Sumner Mills was an American academic. He was the thirteenth President of the University of New Hampshire from 1974 to 1979. Mills attended Earlham College and Claremont Graduate University,earning a Ph.D. in psychology at the latter. He taught at Whittier College before coming to the University of New Hampshire. Mills was a member of the UNH faculty for 17 years starting in 1962 as professor and chairman for the Department of Psychology,finishing up with his presidency. Mills then went on to serve as the president of Whittier College from 1979 to 1989,and interim president of Earlham College from 1996 to 1997.
Deborah Marrow was a foundation director and art historian who spent a 36-year career with the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles,California. She worked at the Trust from 1983 to 2019 including two assignments as interim president and chief executive officer and 30 years as Director of the Getty Foundation.
Kristine Elaine Dillon is an American academic administrator serving as the interim president of Whittier College since 2023. She was president of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education from 2002 to 2018.
