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Office of the President

Colgate University
13 Oak Drive
301 James B. Colgate Hall
Hamilton, NY 13346
Phone: 315-228-7444
Fax: 315-228-6010

Office hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.


Colgate's next president

On Nov. 16, 2009, the university's Board of Trustees unanimously approved the appointment of Jeffrey Herbst, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Miami University (Ohio), as Colgate’s 16th president. Herbst will assume his duties July 1. Colgate's provost and dean of the faculty, Lyle Roelofs, continues to serve as interim president during the transition.

President’s senior staff members

Murray Decock '80
Vice president for institutional advancement
mdecock@colgate.edu

Keenan Grenell
Vice president and dean of diversity
kgrenell@colgate.edu

David B. Hale '84
Vice president for finance and administration
dhale@colgate.edu

Charlotte Johnson
Vice president and dean of the college
cjohnson@colgate.edu

RuthAnn Loveless MA '72
Vice president for alumni affairs
rloveless@colgate.edu

Charles J. Melichar
Vice president for public relations and communications
cmelichar@colgate.edu

Pamela Prescod-Caesar
Associate vice president for human resources
pprescodcaesar@colgate.edu

David T. Roach
Director of athletics
droach@colgate.edu

Lyle D. Roelofs
Provost and dean of the faculty
lroelofs@colgate.edu

Gary L. Ross '77
Dean of admission
gross@colgate.edu

Robert L. Tyburski '74
Vice president and senior philanthropic advisor
rtyburski@colgate.edu

Kim Waldron '81
Secretary of the college
kwaldron@colgate.edu


Office staff

Deborah M. Barnes
Assistant to the secretary of the college
dmbarnes@colgate.edu

Claudia J. Caraher
Assistant to the president
ccaraher@colgate.edu