Larry Stimpert was named the 25th President of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia on Thursday morning. Stimpert, a professor of economics and management, also served as one of DePauw's past Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Stimpert will be replacing current Hampden-Sydney College President Christopher B. Howard, who will be leaving the institution to become President of Robert Morris University.
Stimpert joined DePauw’s faculty in 2013 after leaving Colorado College. He worked for multiple transportation companies before entering academia.
“It has been easy for me to embrace Hampden-Sydney's mission of 'forming good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning,'” said Stimpert in a Hampden-Sydney press release Thursday.
Hampden-Sydney College is an all-male private liberal arts college located in central Virginia. Within the 1,100-person student-body, 34% of juniors and seniors are Economics majors. The fact that this discipline is one of the most popular fields of study at the institution bodes well for Stimpert, given his extensive economics background.
“In the classroom, I have been richly rewarded by my interactions with DePauw students and the one-on-one encounters that are such a part of the culture,” Stimpert said in a DePauw University press release. “I am grateful for the opportunities I’ve had to work with DePauw’s talented and dedicated faculty members who so positively impact our students and prepare them for lives of great meaning and consequence.”