Alfred Bloom

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Alfred H. Bloom is an American psychologist and linguist. He is the president of Swarthmore College.

Under Bloom's leadership, Swarthmore has revitalized its academically rigorous Honors Program, undertaken extensive renovation and creation of academic buildings, broadened its multicultural curriculum, expanded foreign study and community empowerment programs, and established an intercultural center for students.

In 1967, Bloom received his B.A., summa cum laude in Romance languages and European civilization from Princeton University. That year, he studied in France as a Fulbright-Hays fellow. In 1974, he received his Ph.D. in psychology and social relations from Harvard University. He immediately joined Swarthmore's faculty; he would serve as a professor of psychology and linguistics for twelve years, before moving to Pitzer College, where he served as dean of faculty, vice president for academic affairs, and executive vice president. In 1991, he returned to Swarthmore to become the college's 13th president.

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• President's Welcome and Biography, Swarthmore College [1]