Larry P. Arnn
| Larry P. Arnn | |
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| 12th President of Hillsdale College | |
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Assumed office May 2000 |
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| Preceded by | George Roche III |
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Larry Paul Arnn Pocahontas, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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Arkansas State University (B.A.) Claremont Graduate School (M.A and Ph.D.) London School of Economics (International History) Worcester College (Modern History) Oxford University (Modern History) |
Larry Paul Arnn is an American conservative educator, writer and philanthropist. He has served as the twelfth president of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States since May 2000.
He is a political conservative who has been influenced by the thought of Leo Strauss and his teacher Harry V. Jaffa.
Born in Pocahontas, Arkansas, Arnn received his B.A. (1974) in Political Science and Accounting from Arkansas State University. He earned graduate degrees in Government from Claremont Graduate School – an M.A. in 1976 and a Ph.D. in 1985. Arnn studied in England from 1977 to 1980, at the London School of Economics studying International History and then at Worcester College, Oxford University in Modern History. While in England, he worked as Director of Research for Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill.
In 1980, Arnn become an editor for Public Research, Syndicated in the United States. He was one of four founders of the Claremont Institute in Claremont, California, and served as its president from 1985 to 2000. In 2000, he was named the twelfth president of Hillsdale College. In this capacity, he set the ambitious goal of $400 million for the college's Founders Campaign, beginning in 2001, and under his watch, several new buildings have arisen on the campus.
Arnn has been a trustee of the conservative Heritage Foundation since 2002. In 2012 it offered its presidency to Arnn, who decided to stay in academe instead.
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