Snyder, Timothy Law — Loyola Marymount University

Snyder, Timothy Law — Loyola Marymount University. Timothy Snyder

President

Loyola Marymount University

THE LATEST: In December, Loyola Marymount University hosted the sixth debate among the seven candidates who at the time were seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. The university is an increasingly popular target for college applicants; the school received more than 18, 500 applications for the class of 2023 and admitted a record-low 44% of them. LMU also placed among the top six private colleges in California on U.S. News & World Report's list of top national universities.

BACKGROUND: Snyder was named president of Loyola Marymount in 2015 after serving as vice president for academic affairs at Loyola University Maryland. He also has served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University in Connecticut and as dean of science at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Snyder's fields of academic research include computational mathematics, data structures, design and analysis of algorithms, geometric probability, digital signal processing, airline flight safety, and HIV diagnosis and prevention.

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