Dr. Mark H. Erickson Biography  Mark H. Erickson
President-Elect
Current Position: Vice President for Administrative
and Government Affairs at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., since
March 2001. Also serves as senior adviser to Lehigh’s president.
Age: 49
Church Affiliation: Presbyterian. He and family are currently attending St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Blue Church in Coopersburg, Pa., where his son, David, was confirmed last fall.
Education: A.B. in American history from Princeton
University in 1977; Ed.M. from Harvard University in 1981; Ed.D. in
educational leadership in 1991.
Additional Study: Harvard Divinity School, world
religions and pastoral care, 1980.
Fellowship: One of only 34 nationally selected American
Council on Education Fellows.
Strengths: Strategic Planning, Enrollment Management,
Global Education, Diversity and Community Engagement, among many others.
Erickson has also secured federal and state funding in excess of $30
million to support Lehigh’s mission. In addition, he has traveled
extensively throughout the world as senior adviser to the president
to develop key partnerships with international corporations and universities.
Campus Involvement and Community Service: Has served
on more than 25 committees and task forces at Lehigh, chairing six
of them, and on numerous community boards, including the Bethlehem
Economic Development Corporation, the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber
of Commerce and Children’s Home of Easton.
Teaching Experience: Has taught numerous undergraduate
and graduate courses on communication, higher education, and policy
and politics in his 28-year career. Will hold faculty rank in the
department of education at Wittenberg.
Special Skills: Planned and conducted workshops
on racism for Brown University, Boston State College, Harvard Divinity
School and the Boston Urban Coalition. Erickson is also a frequent
presenter at national and regional conferences, and he is a member
of numerous professional associations.
Previous Positions at Lehigh University: Associate
Vice President and Executive Assistant to the President; Dean of Students;
Associate Dean of Students; Assistant Dean of Students
Additional Professional Experience: Assistant to
the Dean of Student Affairs at the University of South Carolina, Columbia,
S.C.; Assistant to the Director of Residence Life/Residence Hall Director,
Framingham State College, Framingham, Mass.; Assistant to the Dean
of the School of Management, Suffolk University, Boston, Mass.; and
History Instructor/Athletic Director, Sacramento Country Day School,
Sacramento, Calif.
Family: Married for 26 years to Lin; two children,
Sarah, 19, and David, 15.
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