Cal Lutheran gets new president
California Lutheran University selected its seventh president Thursday.
Chris Kimball, 52, of Thousand Oaks joined the private Lutheran university in eastern Ventura County in June 2006 as provost and vice president for academic affairs, officials said. He came to the college after serving as dean of faculty at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, where he had worked for 15 years.
Kimball, a member of the Cal Lutheran history department, specializes in American history, particularly social history and the history of sport. Kimball is credited as chief architect of a strategic plan to guide the university for the next four years, which includes investing in programs and facilities, such as the $8.5-million Swenson Center for Academic Excellence.
An alumnus of McGill University in Montreal, Kimball received his doctorate from the University of Chicago.
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-- Gregory W. Griggs
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