People, Programs, and Place: Dr. James M. MacLaren, Lebanon Valley College’s 19th President
“We were trying to come together as a family and support one another through difficult times.”
He is an award-winning physicist, a pas-
Though talking about his experiences
radical changes in the higher education
was elected unanimously as LVC presi-
at Tulane University after Hurricane Ka-
environment at the forefront.
dent by the Board of Trustees earlier this
Dr. MacLaren brings three decades of
year. He and his wife, Gina, joined the
trina in 2005, the words of Dr. James M. MacLaren, LVC’s newly appointed 19th president, parallel the current world situation. He joins Lebanon Valley College at a historic time in U.S. history, with racial justice, the COVID-19 pandemic, and
sionate advocate for student success, and a visionary academic leader who
experience as a professor, academic
College June 1.
leader, innovator, and community builder
Molly O’Brien-Foelsch, LVC’s chief
at Tulane University, and most recent-
communications officer, sat down with
ly as provost of St. Xavier University in
Dr. MacLaren to learn more about The
Chicago, Ill.
Valley’s next leader.
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