Brian C Mitchell

Brian C. Mitchell was named Bucknell University’s 16th president in July 2004 and served six years until stepping down in June, 2010. Prior to joining Bucknell, Mitchell served as president of Washington & Jefferson College (1998-2004) and president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (1995-1998). A native of Lowell, Massachusetts, Mitchell graduated from Keith Academy and from Merrimack College in 1974. He received his Ph.D from the University of Rochester. In addition to extensive teaching experience in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Virginia, Mitchell was a program officer in the Division of State Programs of the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C. before becoming president of the Council of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania in 1991. Mitchell serves as the chair of the Board of Trustees of Merrimack College. He is also a member of the board of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation in Chicago and has served as a trustee of Washington and Jefferson College.