Area college appoints new president

Damian Fernandez will assume leadership of St. Petersburg’s Eckerd College in July 2020.

By Business Observer Staff
| 11:57 a.m. November 21, 2019
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ST. PETERSBURG — Damian Fernandez has been named president of Eckerd College and will take office on July 1, 2020.

According to a press release, the board of trustees of the St. Petersburg-based liberal arts institution voted unanimously in favor of the appointment. Fernandez, 62, will be Eckerd College’s fifth president. He succeeds Donald Eastman III, who announced his retirement in February.