Livingstone named 15th Baylor president, 1st female president in school's history
Linda A. Livingstone, the current dean at the George Washington University School of Business, was formally named Baylor University’s 15th president on Tuesday.
Livingstone is the first female president in Baylor's 172-year history and replaces interim President David Garland, who has served in the role since June 1, as the university tries to move beyond a sexual assault scandal that has spanned over a year and a half.
“Baylor holds such a unique and significant place in higher education,” Livingstone said in a media teleconference Tuesday afternoon. “To be a university that's committed to high-quality scholarship, excellence in academics, while maintaining the commitment and engagement with its Christian mission and its Christian roots, is unusual and something that is very significant. It was an important factor in me making this decision to come back to Baylor.”
From 1991 to 1997, Livingstone was an assistant professor in Baylor's department of management, and she was an associate professor in the same department from 1997 to 2002. From 1998 to 2002, Livingstone was also associate dean of graduate programs for the Hankamer School of Business, holding responsibility for all graduate degree business programs.
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