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Residence
  
Oakland, CA


Profession
  
Linguist

Name
  
Janet Holmgren

Janet L. Holmgren Janet L Holmgren President Mills College YouTube

Preceded by
  
Virginia Smith (acting president)

Alma mater
  
Princeton University (Ph.D. Linguistics 1974), Oakland University (B.A. English 1968)

Education
  
Oakland University, Princeton University

Succeeded by
  
Alecia A. DeCoudreaux

Mills College 2011 Commencement - Janet L. Holmgren Honorary Degree


Janet L. Holmgren is the president of Patten University. Previously, she was the president of Mills College in Oakland, California from 1991 to 2011. She was previously vice provost at Princeton University from 1988 to 1991. 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.

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Janet L. Holmgren Janet L Holmgren Concludes 20year Tenure as President of Mills

Honors

  • Honorary degree, Golden Gate University, 1995
  • Honorary degree, Mount Vernon College, Washington DC, 1992
  • Award for Excellence in Education, California National Organization for Women, 2002
  • Donna Shavlik Leadership Award for Lifetime Service, Office of Women in Higher Education, American Council on Education, 2001

    • Professional activities

  • Trustee, Princeton University
  • Board of Directors Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (and Past Chair)
  • Board of Directors, National Council for Research on Women (and Past Chair)
  • Executive Board, Women’s College Coalition (and Past Chair)
  • Board of Directors American Council on Education –Executive Committee
  • Executive Committee, Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (and Past Chair)
  • Advisory Council, California Academy of Science
  • Master Plan Committee for Education in California
  • Advisory Council, California Academy of Science

    • References

    Janet L. Holmgren Wikipedia
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