Peter W. Stanley
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Peter W. Stanley | |
|---|---|
| 8th President of Pomona College | |
| In office 1991–2003 | |
| Preceded by | David Alexander |
| Succeeded by | David W. Oxtoby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1940 (age 84–85) |
| Spouse |
Mary-Jane Cosgrove
(m. 1978; died 2020) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, PhD) |
| Profession | Academic |
Peter William Stanley[1] (born 1940)[1] is an American historian and academic administrator who served as the eighth president of Pomona College.[2] A scholar of Asian studies, his tenure at Pomona coincided with a substantial increase in the college's endowment and prestige.[2]
Stanley earned his BA and doctorate degrees at Harvard University.[3] He was a Frank Knox Memorial Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge University.[3] He subsequently taught Asian history at the University of Illinois and Harvard, and served as the chief academic officer at Carleton College for a year.[2] From 1979 to 1987, he directed the education and culture program at the Ford Foundation.[1][4]
Stanley became president of Pomona College in 1991.[4] During his tenure, he oversaw a number of construction projects, including most prominently the Smith Campus Center (1999),[5] that modernized the college's facilities while restoring elements of Myron Hunt's master plan that had degraded over time.[4] He also led the extremely successful Campaign for Pomona College from 1997 to 2002, which ultimately raised over $206 million, far exceeding its goal.[4] Pomona's endowment increased from $364 million to $1.1. billion over the course of his presidency.[2]
After Pomona, he became vice president of the executive search firm Isaacson.[3]
Personal life
Stanley married Mary-Jane Cosgrove in 1978,[6][better source needed] and had one daughter, Laura.[2] After retiring from Pomona, Stanley moved with his wife to Old Saybrook, Connecticut; she died in January 2020 after 42 years of marriage.[6][better source needed]
