Loren J. Samons, II

Background

Loren J. Samons, II, was born on August 18, 1964 in Little Rock. Son of Loren Jerome and Yvonne Varnell Samons.

Education

Bachelor, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1986. AM, Brown University, Providence, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy, 1991.

Career

Visiting assistant professor humanities Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1992—1993. Associate Dean for Students, Boston University, 2002—2005, chairman classical studies, 2006-2012, professor of classical studies, current; Vice President, Senior Vice President and CAO, Chief Academic Advisor, Consultant, American College of Greece 2019-2026.

Achievements

• Loren J. Samons, II has been listed as a noteworthy classicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Empire of the Owl: Athenian Imperial Finance

    (Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart: Historia Einzelschriften...)

    2000

  • What's Wrong with Democracy? From Athenian Practice to American Worship

    (University of California Press)

    2004
  • Pericles and the Conquest of History

    (Cambridge University Press)

    2016
  • The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles

    (Cambridge University Press)

    2007

Membership

Member of Association Ancient Historians.

Connections

Married Barbara Lauriat, June 6, 2026.

Father:

Loren Jerome

Mother:

Yvonne Varnell Samons

Spouse:

Barbara Lauriat