Vermont Business Magazine Norwich University Board of Trustees Chairman Alan DeForest ’75 announced today that Colonel Mark Anarumo, USAF, will become Norwich University’s 24th president effective June 1, 2020. DeForest, along with Anarumo and university officials, made the announcement at an 11 am press conference held on the Northfield campus in Mack Hall Auditorium, which was followed by an open reception in the lobby. He will take over from retiring President Richard Schneider, RADM, USCGR (Ret.), who has served since 1992.
“Norwich University offers traditional students and adult learners a wealth of opportunities in a prestigious, supportive, and yet demanding academic environment. I am honored that I have been selected as its 24th president,” Anarumo said. “With Norwich’s distinguished history, strength, and bright future, my family and I look forward to being part of the campus community. The depth of devotion of the faculty, staff, alumni, supporters, students, and Board of Trustees inspires us. I look forward to our collaborative leadership for the future of this inspiring, globally positioned university for the 21st century.”
Colonel Mark Anarumo, USAF, will become Norwich University’s 24th president effective June 1, 2020. Norwich photo.
Anarumo comes to Norwich from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he served as Director and Permanent Professor for the Center for Character and Leadership Development. Anarumo's previous assignment was Vice Commander of the 39th Air Base Wing at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, where he was responsible for approximately 5,000 U.S. military, civilian and contractor personnel and the combat readiness of U.S. Air Force units at Incirlik and four geographically separated units in Turkey.
He entered the Air Force in 1994 as the Distinguished Graduate of Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Rutgers University.
“The Board of Trustees is very excited to name Col. Anarumo as our next president,” DeForest said. “He has demonstrated throughout his distinguished academic career and military service the type of strong, effective and enlightened leadership which will ensure that Norwich University has a worthy successor to President Schneider. We are confident that we have selected an exceptional individual whose intellect, vision and values will inspire our University to reach even greater levels of excellence in its third century of service to America.”
Please see a letter from the chairman as well as more information about President-Elect Anarumo here: Norwich.edu/24.
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army and is the oldest private military college in the United States of America. Norwich is one of our nation's six senior military colleges and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
Source: 1.28.2020. NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University www.norwich.edu