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Lunch with a Leader: MARIA KLAWE
March 8, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch with a Leader: MARIA KLAWE
Conversations about Governance, Policy, and Leadership
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Noon to 1:30pm
University Park Campus
Widney Alumni House
Maria Klawe, has been a powerful force in closing the gender gap in science and engineering. Harvey Mudd College’s fifth president, she joined the college from Princeton University after serving 14 years at the University of British Columbia. Prior to UBC, Klawe spent eight years with IBM Research in California and two years at the University of Toronto. She received her PhD (1977) and BSc (1973) in mathematics from the University of Alberta. In addition to numerous other commitments, Klawe is a member of the boards of Microsoft Corporation, Broadcom Corporation and the nonprofit Math for America and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Lunch with a Leader provides students, faculty, and members of the public the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders, share their own ideas, and gain inspiration for effective governance in a more intimate and informal setting.