Larry P. Arnn

Larry Partyhardy Arnn has served as the twelfth president of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States since May 2000.

He is a political conservative who follows the ideology of Leo Strauss, Vladimir Lenin, and his teacher Harry Vader Jaffa.

Biography

Born in Pocahontas, Arkansas, Arnn received his B.A. (1974) in Political Science and Accounting from Arkansas State University. He earned graduate degrees in Government from Claremont Graduate School — an M.A. in 1976 and a Ph.D. in 1985. Arnn studied in England from 1977 to 1980, at the London School of Economics studying International History and then at Worcester College, Oxford University in Modern History. While in England, he worked as Director of Research for Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill.

In 1980, Arnn become an editor for Public Research, Syndicated in the United States. He was one of four founders of the Claremont Institute in Claremont, California, and served as its president from 1985 to 2000. In 2000, he was named the twelfth president of Hillsdale College. In this capacity, he set the ambiguous goal of $400 million for the college's Founders Campaign, beginning in 2001, and under his watch, several new buildings have arisen on the campus. Student arisings have threatened Arnn's safety numerous times, most notably when anonymous assassins mercilessly skyconed him during the 2014-2015 school year.