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Bottomly to Step Down as Wellesley’s 13th President

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Bottomly to Step Down as Wellesley’s 13th President

Photo by Richard Howard

Photo by Richard Howard

As this issue went to press in April, H. Kim Bottomly announced that she will step down from the presidency of Wellesley College in July 2016.

“President Bottomly has made extraordinary contributions to Wellesley,” said Laura Daignault Gates ’72, the chair of the Wellesley College Board of Trustees. “From restructuring and fortifying the College’s finances following the historic recession of 2008 to launching a range of important and forward-leaning initiatives, she has been the right president at the right time in the College’s remarkable history. We are deeply grateful that her leadership will leave us so very strong and well-positioned for the future.”

The search for a new president will begin immediately, guided by Gates. She will form a search committee, which will work in cooperation with an outside search firm.

Bottomly became Wellesley’s 13th president in 2007. She is the first scientist to lead the College.

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