Peter Theodore Diamandopoulos (September 1, 1928 – April 1, 2015) was a Greek–American academic administrator. He served as the president ofSonoma State University from 1977 to 1983, when he was forced to resign; followed by serving as the seventh president ofAdelphi University from 1985 until his dismissal in 1997, due to the school's financial problems.

He was born inIraklion, Crete, to Theodore Diamandopoulos and Margarita Mouzenidis. He attendedAthens College, then moved to the United States in 1948 to study philosophy at Harvard University.^[1]

Diamandopoulos began his academic career atUniversity of Maryland. He moved toBrandeis University, where he was the dean of faculty from 1965 to 1971. Diamandopoulos then chaired the philosophy department for the next four years. From 1969 to 1974, he was the director of studies at theUniversity of Chicago's Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs.

Diamandopoulos was named the president ofSonoma State University in 1977 and served until 1983 when he was forced to resign after continuing controversy including multiple censures and a faculty vote of no confidence.^[2]

In 1985, Diamandopoulos was appointed president of Adelphi University.^[3] Seeking to improve the school's academic reputation, Diamandopoulos raised tuition and reduced faculty.^[4][5] His own compensation package remained unaffected by cuts and included aMercedes-Benz, a condominium in Manhattan, and the presidential residence on the Adelphi campus.^[6] An investigation of the school's finances showed that it was a customer of the insurance company run byErnesta G. Procope, who also served as the head of Adelphi's board.^[7] For this conflict of interest, she, Diamandopoulos, and sixteen other members of the board were removed from their posts.^[8] A week later, a newly appointed board removed Diamandopoulos from the office of president.^[9] He sued Adelphi University, and settled for $1.4 million.^[10]

In December 1998, Diamandopoulos was named special assistant toJohn Silber, the president ofBoston University.^[11] He retired in 2008, and died in Manhattan on April 1, 2015.^[1]

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