Carl J. Strikwerda [SEP] position held
Carl J. Strikwerda
Carl J. Strikwerda (born 1952) is an American historian, and president of Elizabethtown College.
He is the former dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He has also previously worked at the University of Kansas. On October 1, 2011, Strikwerda was inaugurated as Elizabethtown College's fourteenth president. Strikwerda earned a Bachelor's degree in History at Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a Master's degree in History from the
. The couple have two children, Laurna Strikwerda, who lives in Washington, D.C. and works as a specialist on the Mideast, and Tim Strikwerda, who lives in Oregon and is pursuing doctoral studies on Japan. Laurna is married to Ian Ward. 
Selected publications.
- McCartan, Anne-Marie and Carl J. Strikwerda, eds. "Deans and Development: Making the Case for the Liberal Arts", Williamsburg: Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, 2014.
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