Clayton Rose

American acadrmic

Clayton Rose

15th President of Bowdoin College
In office July 1, 2015 – July 1, 2023
Preceded by	Barry Mills
Succeeded by	Safa Zaki

Personal details
Born	San Rafael, California, U.S.
Spouse	Julianne Rose^[1]
Education	University of Chicago (BA, MBA) University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD)
Website	Official profile

Clayton S. Rose is an American academic administrator who served as the 15th president of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

Early life and education

Originally from San Rafael, California,^[2] Rose graduated from the University of Chicago as an undergraduate in 1980 and with a Master of Business Administration in 1981. In 2003, following a 20-year leadership and management career in finance, he enrolled in the doctoral program in sociology at the University of Pennsylvania to study issues of race in America, earning his master's degree in 2005 and his PhD with distinction in 2007.^[3]

Career

Rose worked as a professor at Harvard Business School from 2007 until his appointment at Bowdoin.^[4] Rose officially succeeded Barry Mills as president of Bowdoin on July 1, 2015.^[5] In April of 2022 Rose announced that he would be stepping down from his position after the conclusion of the 2023 academic year.

References

^ "President Clayton Rose". Bowdoin College. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
^ Official Clayton Rose biography page
^ Official profile
^ Press, Nathan (28 January 2015). "HBS Professor Named President of Bowdoin College". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
^ Chase, Sam (2 July 2015). "Rose plans to listen and learn in early days of presidency". The Bowdoin Orient. Retrieved 5 September 2015.