Latinx scholar tabbed as new president of Lehman
BY JASON COHEN
With more than 20
years of experience as
an academic administrator
at public colleges
and a scholar in Latinx
identity, Dr. Fernando
Delgado was recently
tabbed the new president
of Lehman College.
Delgado, who previously
was executive vice
chancellor for academic
affairs at the University
of Minnesota Duluth,
will begin his new
role July 1. He will succeed
Interim President
Daniel Lemons, who has
served in this role since
July 2019.
“I am honored to be
selected as the next president
of Lehman College
and fully embrace
its mission of access and
student success,” Delgado
said. “As the child
of immigrants and a
fi rst-generation college
graduate, I relate very
personally to the values
of Lehman and CUNY,
what they offer their students
and the difference
they make in their lives. I
look forward to getting
to campus and joining
the faculty and staff of
the college to build on
these efforts even as we
navigate turbulent waters.
I thank Chancellor
Matos Rodríguez and the
CUNY Board of Trustees
for this extraordinary
opportunity.”
Delgado was a fi rstgeneration
college student
as an undergraduate
at San José State
University before earning
his graduate degrees
in communication studies
from the University
of Iowa. He began his
academic career as a faculty
member and then
administrator at Arizona
State University
and later served as an
academic dean at both
Minnesota State University
Mankato and Hamline
University and as
the senior academic offi
cer at the University of
Wisconsin-River Falls.
The son of immigrants,
his father from
Mexico and his mother,
of Spain, he has published
his research in
a variety of academic
journals and books and
has extensive experience
with institutional
accreditation, strategic
planning, internationalization
and budget management.
He has been active
with the American
Council on Education
(ACE), the American Association
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of State Colleges
and Universities
(AASCU) and the Association
of Public and Land
Grant Universities.
“In Dr. Delgado,
CUNY has found an accomplished
educator
with the experience and
sense of mission necessary
to lead a campus that
has set high standards
for access, inclusion and
innovation,” said CUNY
Board of Trustees Chair
William C. Thompson
Jr. “We are delighted to
welcome him to CUNY
at a time when we are
all looking forward to
the fresh start that will
come with our planned
return to campuses next
fall.”
Fernando Delgado, the new president at Lehman College Courtesy of Lehman
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