Janet L. Holmgren

Janet L. Holmgren
12th President of Mills College
In office
1991–2011
Preceded byVirginia Smith (acting president)
Succeeded byAlecia A. DeCoudreaux
Personal details
BornUnited States
Residence(s)Oakland, CA
Alma materPrinceton University (Ph.D. Linguistics 1974), Oakland University (B.A. English 1968)
ProfessionLinguist

Janet L. Holmgren is the president of Patten University. Previously, she was the president of Mills College in Oakland, California from 1991 to 2011. She was previously vice provost at Princeton University from 1988 to 1991. Before that, she was an administrator and professor at the University of Maryland. She holds a B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Oakland University (Rochester, MI), 1968, a M.A. in Linguistics (1971) and a Ph.D. in Linguistics, Princeton University, 1974.