President Robert R. Lindgren arrived at Randolph-Macon College on February 1, 2006. In the last three years, the College has celebrated its largest graduation in history, applications have more than doubled and freshman and total enrollment at the College has hit record numbers.
Also, private support of Randolph-Macon has reached an all-time high, with the College receiving to-date, over $20 million in commitments to support a number of major initiatives including scholarships, academic programs, capital projects, professorships, the library and athletics. Likewise, alumni participation in the College’s Annual Fund has grown at record levels.
Since arriving in Ashland, President Lindgren has dedicated himself to making connections with students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and the surrounding communities. In fact, his passion for students has earned him the reputation as “the student’s president.” Through dozens of alumni events held throughout the country, he has met thousands of Randolph-Macon graduates and strives to better engage them with the life of their Alma Mater.
Additionally, he is actively engaged in the business and academic communities and currently serves on the board of directors of the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce, the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, on the advisory board of Virginians for High Speed Rail and as an officer of the Council of Independent Colleges of Virginia.
President Lindgren led Randolph-Macon through a successful 10 year reaccreditation process with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and has completed a new Campus Master Plan. He has also engaged the Randolph-Macon community in the process of creating a new and innovative Strategic Plan, currently in its final stages of development.
President Lindgren has also supported programs that have helped Randolph-Macon gain national recognition for its exceptional faculty and for providing a quality liberal arts education that prepares students for lifelong success.
President Lindgren came to Randolph-Macon from the Johns Hopkins Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, where he served as vice president for Development and Alumni Relations for nearly twelve years and led two of the largest campaigns in American higher education. Prior to Johns Hopkins, he served as vice president and chief development officer at the University of Florida for ten years, and he has a well-earned reputation as one of higher education’s leaders in the fields of development and alumni relations.
A native of Muskegon, Michigan, President Lindgren is a graduate of the University of Florida, where he also earned his law degree and earned a master of philosophy degree in management studies from Oxford University in England.
President Lindgren and his wife, Cheryl, have three children and have enthusiastically embraced Ashland, “the Center of the Universe,” as their home