Dr. Herman Lujan

Interim Provost and
Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Herman Lujan has assumed his post as Cal Maritime launches a nationwide search for a new Provost and Academic Vice President.  He brings to this position extensive experience in higher education administration, most recently in a similar post-retirement interim slot at Cal Poly.  Prior to his retirement, he was Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the California State University at Los Angeles.

A graduate of St. Mary's College in California in 1958, he also holds as Masters in Political Science from UCal Berkeley (1960), and a Doctorate in Political Science from the University of Idaho (1964)  He has served for over 30 years in administration in Kansas as a department chair, Washington as a Vice Provost, Colorado as a President and Connecticut as Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs.