Colin Diver

Colin Diver is the president of Reed College in Portland, Oregon He was named the college's 14th president on October 5, 2002, replacing acting president Peter Steinberger, dean of Faculty, and succeeding Steven Koblik, who departed Reed College to run the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Diver's area of expertise includes administrative law, and prior to Reed he was Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Prior to this he... more

Colin Diver is the president of Reed College in Portland, Oregon He was named the college's 14th president on October 5, 2002, replacing acting president Peter Steinberger, dean of Faculty, and succeeding Steven Koblik, who departed Reed College to run the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Diver's area of expertise includes administrative law, and prior to Reed he was Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Prior to this he served first as special counsel to the office of Boston mayor Kevin White and then held a series of positions in Massachusetts state government, including assistant secretary of consumer affairs and undersecretary in the state's office for administration and finance. Diver then served for 14 years as a faculty member at Boston University School of Law, where he served as associate dean (1985-88) and dean (1988-89). He was a visiting professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and has held joint appointments in public policy at the... less