Wendy Raymond, Ph.D. is the 16th President of

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. She was formerly Vice President for Academic Affairs/Dean of Faculty and a professor of biology at

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. Her research focus is molecular genetics.

Biography

Raymond is from Mequon, Wisconsin. She earned an undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1982, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Harvard University in 1990. After an

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post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Washington, she became a professor of biology at Williams College in 1994, where she would later be named Associate Dean for Institutional Diversity. She became provost of

in 2013 and, in 2014, was appointed chair of the National Science Foundation's Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the organization of Liberal Arts Diversity Officers.http://liberalartsdiversity.org/ In December 2018,

named Raymond as its 16th president. She took office on July 1, 2019.Snyder, Susan (7 December 2018)
With ‘grace and invitation,’ Haverford’s new president has much to teach
'' The Philadelphia Inquirer''

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