Janet L. Holmgren | |
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12thPresident of Mills College | |
In office 1991–2011 | |
Preceded by | Virginia Smith (acting president) |
Succeeded by | Alecia A. DeCoudreaux [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | United States |
Residence(s) | Oakland,CA |
Alma mater | Princeton University (Ph.D. Linguistics 1974),Oakland University (B.A. English 1968) [2] |
Profession | Linguist |
Janet L. Holmgren is the president of Patten University. Previously,she was the president of Mills College in Oakland,California from 1991 to 2011. [2] She was previously vice provost at Princeton University from 1988 to 1991. [3] Before that,she was an administrator and professor at the University of Maryland. She holds a B.A. in English,summa cum laude,from Oakland University (Rochester,MI),1968,a M.A. in Linguistics (1971) and a Ph.D. in Linguistics,Princeton University,1974. [3] [4]