William L. Fox ’75 became 18th president and senior lecturer in history of his undergraduate alma mater on July 1, 2009, after serving as president and senior lecturer in philosophy, religion and history at Culver-Stockton College 2003-2009.  He received a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard University in 1978 and the Ph.D. in American religious history from George Washington University in 1989. 

As St. Lawrence’s president, Dr. Fox has focused on financial planning to achieve best efficiencies for the benefit of the St. Lawrence student body. Through a two-year, campus-wide Strategic Mapping process,he has encouraged the Laurentian community to consider curricular and co-curricular innovations, to strengthen and communicate more widely the St. Lawrence story of accomplishment and value, and to continue investments in the St. Lawrence campus, in its faculty and staff, and in its alumni advocates.

Since July 2009, President Fox has had a national voice through published essays in Inside Higher Education, Best Practices in Higher Education and The Huffington Post, and broadcast media such as WAMC and WPBS. In recognition of his leadership in higher education, The Council of Independent Colleges elected him to its Board of Trustees in January 2011.

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