Dominguez Hills President Thomas A. Parham to retire this December 2025

By ONME Newswire

Dr. Thomas A. Parham, also known as "Dr. P," will retire by December 31

On May 7, 2025, California State University, Dominguez Hills President Thomas A. Parham announ​ced that he will retire at the end of December 2025. 

Parham age 70,, was appointed president of CSUDH in March 2018 and began his tenure that June. During his tenure he improved academic outcomes, increased academic excellence, the launch of major capital projects, record-setting fundraising, and multiple athletic championships.

“Serving as president of California State University, Dominguez Hills has been one of the honors of my life, and I take a great deal of pride in building on what we inherited and what my team and I have uniquely accomplished during my tenure,” Parham said at the graduation commencement. “While I have enjoyed every year that I have served in this role, the time has come for me to step aside so that the CSU chancellor and Board of Trustees can select the next chief executive to step in and add his or her contributions to the legacy of those who have come before.”

The CSU will soon launch a national search for Parham’s successor. Under university policy, the chair of the CSU Board of Trustees and the chancellor will select a committee comprised of campus and community stakeholders to lead the search.