Nathan O. Hatch
Nathan Hatch | |
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| 13th President of Wake Forest University | |
| In office October 20, 2005 – June 30, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas K. Hearn Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Susan Wente |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nathan Orr Hatch Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Education | Wheaton College (BA) Washington University in St. Louis (MA, PhD) |
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| Website | president |
Nathan Orr Hatch is a scholar of American religious history and academic administrator. He most recently served as the President of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, having been officially installed on October 20, 2005. Before coming to Wake Forest, Hatch was a professor and later dean and provost at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to his career in academic administration, he was a historian who was a leading scholar on issues related to the history of religion in the United States.