Melvin L. Oliver

Melvin Oliver
Melvin Oliver
6th President of Pitzer College
	In office; July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2022
Preceded by	Laura Skandera Trombley; Thomas Poon (interim)
Succeeded by	Jill A. Klein (interim); Strom C. Thacker
Personal details
Born	1950 (age 73–74); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	William Penn University (BA); Washington University (MA, PhD)
Academic background
Thesis	More than a game: A case study of family orientations to community baseball (1977)
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology
Institutions	University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Santa Barbara; Pitzer College;

Melvin L. Oliver is an American academic administrator and professor who served as the sixth president of Pitzer College. He was the first African American to become president of one of the Claremont Colleges.^[1]

^ Tran, Julie (2 April 2017). "Pitzer's Melvin Oliver Inaugurated First Black President at 5Cs". The Student Life. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[TSL_inauguration-1] Tran, Julie (2 April 2017). "Pitzer's Melvin Oliver Inaugurated First Black President at 5Cs". The Student Life. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

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Melvin Oliver

6th President of Pitzer College
In office July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2022
Preceded by	Laura Skandera Trombley Thomas Poon (interim)
Succeeded by	Jill A. Klein (interim) Strom C. Thacker

Personal details
Born	1950 (age 73–74) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	William Penn University (BA) Washington University (MA, PhD)


Academic background
Thesis	More than a game: A case study of family orientations to community baseball (1977)
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology
Institutions	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Santa Barbara Pitzer College