Wendy Raymond, the sixteenth president of Haverford College in Pennsylvania, has announced her intent to retire in June 2027.
Dr. Raymond began her Haverford presidency on July 1, 2019. Among other accomplishments, the college has launched the “Haverford 2030” strategic plan, established the Michael B. Kim Institute for Ethical Leadership and Inquiry, and completed infrastructure improvements.
Before coming to Haverford, Dr. Raymond was vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Davidson College in North Carolina for six years. Earlier, she spent nearly two decades on the faculty at Williams College in Massachusetts, where she ultimately served as a full professor of biology and the inaugural associate dean for institutional diversity.
In a letter to the Haverford community, Dr. Raymond wrote, “I will forever be inspired by our mission and values, and by you. It has been an honor to serve as your president. I look forward to the important work we will continue together through the remainder of my presidency and to supporting a smooth transition, with enormous gratitude and admiration for the formidable talents, individually and collectively, you bring to this distinctive community and the world.”
Dr. Raymond is a magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University, where she majored in chemistry. She earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Harvard University.