Janet L. Holmgren

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Janet L. Holmgren is the president of Mills College in Oakland, California. 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

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 –