UCLA Alumnus Kenyon Chan appointed Interim President of Occidental College

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center is pleased to share the good news that Dr. Kenyon Chan, one of the founders of our Center in 1969, has been named interim president of Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA, effective September 1, 2005. Kenyon is currently the Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the liberal arts college.

A former president of the Association of Asian American Studies, Kenyon received his undergraduate and doctoral degrees at UCLA. Prior to his appointment at Occidental, he held faculty and administrative positions at UCLA, CSU Northridge, and Loyola-Marymount University. His research focuses on Asian American children and families.

Kenyon becomes part of a relatively small group of Asian Americans who have been appointed as presidents of institutions of higher education in the United States.