Tom Stritikus won over a rural Colorado college with a dark past

Tom Stritikus, President of Fort Lewis College in Durango on Thursday, April 11, 2024. (Photo by Shaun Stanley/Special to The Denver Post)

By Elizabeth Hernandez | ehernandez@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: April 14, 2024 at 6:00 AM MDT | UPDATED: April 14, 2024 at 6:03 AM MDT

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Now, after nearly six years as Fort Lewis College’s president, Tom Stritikus is heading west, where he’ll serve as the head of Occidental College, a four-year liberal arts school in Los Angeles.

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How did an out-of-state white guy win over a rural Colorado college with a dark, racist past? Ask Fort Lewis’s outgoing president.

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