Gregory J. Vincent
| Gregory J. Vincent | |
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| President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
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| Preceded by | Mark Gearan |
| Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement, University of Texas at Austin | |
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In office July 2005 – July 2017 |
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| President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges | |
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Assumed office July 17, 2017 |
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| Born | New York City, New York |
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Hobart College (B.A.) Ohio State University (J.D.) University of Pennsylvania (Ed.D) |
| Occupation |
Professor Lawyer Administrator |
| Website | Official Website |
Dr. Gregory J. Vincent (born in New York City, New York) is the twenty-seventh President of the Hobart College and the sixteenth of William Smith College. Vincent is a national expert on civil rights, social justice and campus culture.
Vincent graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1979.
He received his bachelor's degree in history and economics from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1983. At Hobart, he was on both the basketball and cross-country teams. He also served as a resident assistant. When he graduated, he was presented with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award.
Vincent then received his law degree from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1987 and his doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004.
Vincent recently served at The University of Texas at Austin as Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement, W.K. Kellogg Professor of Community College Leadership and Professor of Law. Since his appointment in 2005, the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement has grown to encompass a $50 million budget and more than 400 employees, 50 units, and 300 community partners.
From 2003 to 2005, Vincent served as vice provost for institutional equity and diversity and law professor at the University of Oregon. From 1999 to 2003, Vincent served as vice provost for academic affairs and campus diversity and law professor at the Louisiana State University. From 1995 to 1999, he served as assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Prior to entering academia, Vincent served as the assistant attorney general in the Office of the Ohio Attorney General where he successfully argued several major civil rights cases before the Supreme Court of Ohio.
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