John V. Lombardi
| John V. Lombardi | |
|---|---|
University of Florida President
John V. Lombardi in 1990. |
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| Born |
August 19, 1942 Los Angeles, California |
| Education |
B.A., Pomona College, 1963 M.A., Columbia University, 1964 Ph.D., Columbia University, 1968 |
| Occupation |
Professor University executive |
| Employer |
Indiana University Johns Hopkins University University of Florida University of Massachusetts Amherst Louisiana State University System |
| Spouse(s) | Cathryn Lee Lombardi |
John Vincent Paul Maher Lombardi (born August 19, 1942) is an American professor and former university administrator. He is a native of California, and earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees before becoming a professor of Latin American history. Lombardi has served as the president of the University of Florida, the chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the president of the Louisiana State University System.
Lombardi was born into a family of educators in Los Angeles, California in 1942. His father was the president of Los Angeles City College, a California community college, and superintendent of the Los Angeles Community College District. His mother worked as a college librarian. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Pomona College in Claremont, California in 1963, and his Master of Arts and doctor of philosophy degrees from Columbia University in New York City in 1964 and 1968, respectively. He also attended the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City, where he learned Spanish while living with a Mexican family, as an undergraduate, and the University of California, Los Angeles for graduate school. While he was a graduate student, Lombardi spent several years living and researching in Venezuela as a Fulbright Scholar.
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