Huntington D. Lambert served as the dean of theDivision of Continuing Education andUniversity Extension atHarvard University. He was the sixth person to hold the position, having been appointed in 2013. He retired on December 31, 2019.^[1]

Lambert was "massively dyslexic" and could not read at 10 years old, although he could break down and reassemble a car.^[2] He grew up inDover, Massachusetts, and his mother, Joan, graduated from the Extension School.^[3] Lambert said he resented his mother as a child for leaving at night to attend classes, but later understood the scope of her accomplishment.^[4] Joan only attended the graduation ceremony, however, after her son became the dean.^[3][4]

He has a bachelor's degree fromColorado College and a master's of science in management degree from theMITSloan School of Management.^[5] He met his wife, Kelly, while an undergraduate.^[2]

Before becoming an academic, Lambert worked in the telecommunications industry. It was there that "he experienced the impact that technology and interconnectivity was having on people and the world around them."^[6]

Lambert also led theDivision of Continuing Education atColorado State University where he created the Colorado State University Global Campus, an all-online public university.^[3][5][6] As part of the creation, Lambert developed the strategy, business plan, and operations plan for the Global Campus, and was involved in every aspect of the planning, strategy, board approvals, startup, legal approvals, and independent accreditation.^[6] Also at Colorado State, Lambert founded the Center for Entrepreneurship and its Community and Economic Development Office. While there, he was involved with the spin out of 15 companies from the university research labs, including Envirofit.org and Solix Biofuels.^[6] He taught, both in person and online, in CSU'sM.B.A. program.^[6][3]

His goal as dean of theHarvard Extension School was "to ensure that high-quality education is available at a fair price to the 20 million Americans who need better education to participate in aknowledge economy."^[2] During his six-year tenure, programs nearly doubled with more than 30,000 unique learners every year.^[1]

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