Larry Goodwin
President, The College of St. Scholastica
Larry Goodwin, Ph.D., has served since 1998 as the 11th president of The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN. He was also the College's vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty.
During his tenure as president, enrollment has grown from 2,000 to 3,600. The College has opened three new campuses offering accelerated learning for adult students and has put several of its graduate programs online.
Goodwin earned his doctorate at The University of Chicago, and he taught philosophy and theology at the College of St. Catherine for twelve years. He has particular interest in conceptions of deity and the problem of evil, reflecting his experience as a soldier in Vietnam. He is author of The Ontological Argument of Charles Hartshorne, and co-editor (with Philip Devenish) of Witness and Existence: Essays in Honor of Schubert Ogden.
Goodwin is active in the Duluth community as a Rotarian and board member of the United Way. He is past chair of Minnesota's Campus Compact and has served as a consultant/evaluator for The Higher Learning Commission. Goodwin currently serves as a board member of the Minnesota Private College Council as well as the Council of Independent Colleges.
