Protik Majumder
Protik Majumder | |
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Interim President of Williams College | |
In office January 2018 – July 1, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Adam Falk |
Succeeded by | Maud Mandel |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | Yale University (BS) Harvard University (PhD) |
Protik "Tiku" Majumder (born 1960) is a physicist who is the Barclay Jermain Professor of Natural Philosophy at Williams College.[1] He was the interim president of Williams from December 2017 to July 2018, replacing Adam Falk, who left to become president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.[2] He was replaced by Maud Mandel.[3]
Early life and education
Majumder was born in Kolkata and was raised in western Massachusetts. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1982 and obtained his Ph.D. in atomic physics from Harvard University in 1989. He joined the faculty of Williams College in 1994.[1]
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Presidents of Williams College
- Fitch (1793–1815)
- Moore (1815–1821)
- Griffin (1821–1836)
- Mark Hopkins (1836–1872)
- Chadbourne (1872–1881)
- Hewitt (acting, 1901–1902)
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- Vogt (1999–2000)
- Schapiro (2000–2009)
- Wagner (interim, 2009–2010)
- Falk (2010–2017)
- Majumder (interim, 2018)
- Mandel (2018–)