Introducing President Snyder
Please use one of the below approved texts when introducing President Snyder.
Brief Introductory Script for Internal Events
For use at informal, smaller events where the audience knows President Snyder.
I am pleased to introduce President Timothy Law Snyder. Under his leadership, LMU seeks to ignite a brighter world through inclusivity, creativity, and by extending our global reach with impact. Please join me in welcoming President and Professor Timothy Law Snyder.
Abridged Introductory Script for Internal or External Events
For use at formal events where the audience may comprise internal and external audiences.
I am pleased to introduce President Timothy Law Snyder, a champion of Jesuit education for nearly 40 years. Under President Snyder's leadership, LMU seeks to ignite a brighter world through inclusivity, creativity, and by extending our global reach with impact.
Guided by the university's mission, President Snyder inspires the community to pursue new heights of excellence, as evidenced by record-setting enrollments, visibility, and philanthropic giving; our reclassification as a Carnegie R2 doctoral university with high research activity; LMU being awarded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most prestigious academic honor society; and expanding the university's leadership in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and anti-racism programs.
Please join me in welcoming President and Professor Timothy Law Snyder.
Full Introductory Script for External Events
For use at formal events where external attendees comprise most of the audience.
I am pleased to present Timothy Law Snyder, president of Loyola Marymount University. President Snyder has been a dedicated professor and academic administrator at Jesuit universities for nearly 40 years. He earned his M.A. and his Ph.D. in applied and computational mathematics from Princeton University. President Snyder's academic and research interests include computational mathematics, data structures, design and analysis of algorithms, geometric probability, digital signal processing, airline flight safety, HIV diagnosis and prevention, and the education of millennials and Gen-Z—the latter he refers to as the Solidarity Generation.
Under President Snyder's bold leadership, LMU seeks to ignite a brighter world through inclusivity, creativity, and by extending its global reach with impact.
Guided by the university's mission, President Snyder inspires the community to pursue new heights of excellence, as evidenced by record-setting enrollments; exceeding fundraising goals; its reclassification as a Carnegie R2 doctoral university with high research activity; LMU being awarded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most prestigious academic honor society; expanding the university's leadership in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and anti-racism programs; and key infrastructure additions that include a third LMU campus in Playa Vista.
Among President Snyder's professional, intellectual, and creative pursuits, he is a musician. He writes, arranges, records, masters, and produces his own music, which you can find online at lmu.edu/snydertunes.
Please join me in welcoming the 16th president of Loyola Marymount University: President and Professor Timothy Law Snyder.
Updated August 2024