Raynard S. Kington

Raynard S. Kington has served as president of Grinnell College in Iowa since 2010. Trained as a physician and a health economist, he has brought a fresh perspective to the academic world of liberal arts colleges. Prior to his tenure at Grinnell, Kington served as deputy director and acting director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and directed the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the largest studies of the health of the population of the United States.