Biography of Dr. Stuart C. Lord

Dr. Stuart C. Lord, a nationally recognized expert in service learning, multicultural and spiritual education, and leadership and ethics will become the fifth president of Naropa University on
July 1, 2009.

Dr. Lord, 49, has helped foster the growth and advancement of many communities as both educator and humanitarian. He has served as an administrator and managed civic education, community service, and religious and spiritual life programs at both Dartmouth College and DePauw University. In these positions, Dr. Lord developed programs that aid under-resourced domestic communities, including New Hampshire’s Upper Valley, the Mississippi Delta and the areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. He has also perennially led international service trips to developing nations, including Bangladesh, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Sierra Leone. In addition, Dr. Lord served as executive director of the 1997 President’s Summit for America’s Future, working under General Colin Powell during the Clinton administration.

During his time at Dartmouth College, from July 2000 to present, Dr. Lord has served as associate provost (2000–present), interim vice president for institutional diversity (2006–07) and Virginia Rice Kelsey ‘61S Dean of the Tucker Foundation (2000–08). As associate provost, Dr. Lord has worked on initiatives for institutional planning within the Provost Division to enhance staff development, retention and recruitment in support of diversity. He was named co-chair of the Provost Diversity Council to foster greater collaboration. Dr. Lord has worked to establish stronger links between a number of programs on campus and the surrounding community, and has provided assistance to the provost on various planning projects. Dr. Lord also continues to oversee Project Bangladesh, a student-led initiative with the goal of building an orphanage in Charfassion, Bangladesh, which was established at the Tucker Foundation under his leadership.

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