Patricia Cormier
Dr. Cormier has been President of Longwood University for 14 years.
During this period of time, the institution has doubled its enrollment
to 5000 students, achieved university status, moved to NCAA Division I
Athletics, invested $350 million in the physical plant, achieved
endowment assets of $57 million, completing its first-ever comprehensive
campaign totaling $33.5 million, and is now ranked #8 among public
comprehensive institutions in the southeast region of the United States,
25th among both private and public comprehensive institutions.
She has been in higher education administration for 46 years,
beginning at the Tufts New England Medical Center, followed by six years
at the University of Virginia in the Department of Pediatrics, twelve
years at the University of Pennsylvania as an Associate Dean, achieving
tenure in 1980-81. She was selected as an American Council Fellow in
Academic Administration in 1982-83 and went on to becoming Vice
President and Dean of the Faculty at Wilson College in Chambersburg,
PA.
In 1988 she became Vice President for Development and Alumni/AE
Affairs at the Medical College of Pennsylvania (parent company was
Allegheny Health Services of Pittsburgh) and was recruited by Winthrop
University in Rock Hill, South Carolina where she served as Vice
President of Academic Affairs until chosen as Longwood’s president
in 1996. Dr. Cormier has raised over $125 million from private donors
throughout her career.
Dr. Cormier has a long track record in academic administration with
specific expertise in leadership development, board relationships, and
university advancement, including fund raising, marketing, alumni
relations, student recruitment and retention and government relations.
She lectures and provides workshops throughout the United States,
including the University of Virginia, the ace Fellows Program, the New
Presidents Academy for the American Association of State Colleges and
Universities, and the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine at
Drexel University.
She has a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and her
master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Virginia. She
is the recipient of two honorary degrees and many awards from
professional organizations. She is the author of two books, chapters in
books and many professional publications and presentations.
Dr. Cormier is married to Dr. Raymond Cormier, a world renowned
medieval and comparative literature scholar. They have two children and
one and a quarter grandchildren!
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