Brian C. Mitchell

President of Bucknell University
Brian C. Mitchell
Term	2004 – present
Predecessor	Steffen H. Rogers
Born
Profession	professor
Spouse	Maryjane
Children	Jeffrey and Patrick

Brian C. Mitchell is the current president of Bucknell University. Mitchell became president in July 2004. Prior to becoming president of Bucknell, Mitchell served as president of Washington and Jefferson College from 1998 to 2004, as well as president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania and a program officer in the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has also been the chairman of the Pennsylvania Selection Committee for Rhodes Scholarships. He currently serves as a commissioner of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and is a member of the board of directors of the Greater Pittsburgh Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He formerly served on the board of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. He also chaired the history department at Anna Maria College, and taught at George Mason University, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Bentley College, Lesley College, New Hampshire College, and the University of Rochester.

Mitchell holds degrees from the University of Rochester and Merrimack College. He specializes in 19th century urban, ethnic, and labor history. His 1988 book, The Paddy Camps: The Irish of Lowell, 1821-61, combines those specialties.

Mitchell's wife is Maryjane Murphy Mitchell. The couple have two adult children, Jeffrey and Patrick.

[edit] Awards

Haskell Award for Distinguished Teaching in Humanities from the University of Massachusetts Lowell
Albert J. Beveridge Grant for Research in American History from the American Historical Association

Academic offices
Preceded by unknown	President of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania 1995–1998	Succeeded by Don L. Francis
Preceded by Howard J. Burnett	President of Washington and Jefferson College 1998–2004	Succeeded by Tori Haring-Smith
Preceded by Steffen H. Rogers	President of Bucknell University 2004 – present	Incumbent