Thomas Poon
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| 17th President of Loyola Marymount University | |
| Assumed office June 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Timothy Law Snyder |
| President of Pitzer College | |
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| Preceded by | Laura Skandera Trombley |
| Succeeded by | Melvin L. Oliver |
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Thomas Poon is an American chemist serving as the 17th President[1] of the Loyola Marymount University. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Provost of the institution, as well as Acting President of Pitzer College in 2014, and Interim President from July 2015 to July 2016.[2]
Early life and education
Thomas Poon earned his Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Fairfield University in 1990 and a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1995.[3]
In an interview, Poon stated that he is the son of an immigrant father. He has cited his father, who brought his family to the United States, as a significant personal inspiration.[4]
Pitzer College
Poon co-authored a chemistry textbook called Introduction to Organic Chemistry, 4th Edition in 2010, which was published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc.[5][6] He is a member of the American Chemical Society and the Council on Undergraduate Research.[7] He has contributed to a number of notable research projects.[8]
In January 2014, Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley announced she had tapped Poon to serve as Acting President during a leave of absence she would be taking in the autumn. Poon assumed the role of Acting President in September 2014.
He has travelled abroad on behalf of Pitzer College.[9] He also participated in the Pitzer College ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in September 2014 using only a small glass of ice water, in an effort to raise awareness about the disease and the California drought.[10]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Board Chair's Announcement Introducing LMU's 17th President". Loyola Marymount University. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."LMU Names Thomas Poon as Executive Vice President and Provost". Loyola Marymount University. 2017-03-09. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Thomas Poon, Ph.D." Claremont McKenna College.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kawar, Chance (October 10, 2014). "Filling Trombley's Shoes: A Q&A with Pitzer Interim President Thomas Poon". The Student Life newspaper.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Textbook: Introduction to Organic Chemistry, 4th Edition". John Wiley & Sons. Archived from the original on 2015-01-23.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pitzer College Professor Authors New Organic Chemistry Book". Pitzer College.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Poon, Thomas; Turro, Nicholas J.; Chapman, Jessica; Lakshminarasimhan, P.; Lei, Xuegong; Jockusch, Steffen; Franz, Roberto; Washington, Ilyas; Adam, Waldemar; Bosio, Sara G. (2003). "Stereochemical Features of the Physical and Chemical Interactions of Singlet Oxygen with Enecarbamates". Organic Letters. 5 (26): 4951–4953. doi:10.1021/ol035856y. PMID 14682737.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Clark, Patterson (January 31, 2012). "Urban Jungle: Sweetgum Fruits". Washington Post.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Yicheng, He (March 17, 2014). "Senior Associate Dean of Pitzer College Visits PKU". Peking University; News Express. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pitzer College - ALS Ice Bucket Challenge". Pitzer College YouTube. 19 September 2014.
