| Lori S. White | |||||||||||||||||
| Order: | 21st | ||||||||||||||||
| President of the DePauw University | |||||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | July 1, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | D. Mark McCoy | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality: | American | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | College President | ||||||||||||||||
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Lori White is an American academic and administrator. White currently serves as the President of DePauw University, a liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana. She was previously the vice chancellor of student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the first woman and first person of color to serve as president of DePauw University, and the only person of color to serve as president of an Indiana university.[1]
White has a bachelor's degree in English and psychology from University of California, Berkeley and her doctorate in education administration and policy analysis from Stanford University.[2]
White has held administrative and academic positions at Southern Methodist University, Stanford University, University of Southern California and San Diego State University. In 2015, she became vice chancellor of student affairs Washington University in St. Louis. In July 2020, she became the president of DePauw University.[2]
White's father was Joseph White and her sister is paleontologist Lisa White.[1]