Lori Bettison-Varga Named New President of L.A. County's Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has picked Lori Bettison-Varga, president of Scripps College in Claremont, as its next president.  The choice of Bettison-Varga also follows a tradition of putting a scientist in charge. Raised in Long Beach, she was a professor of geology for 17 years before veering into administrative jobs at small liberal arts colleges starting in 2007. She has led Scripps, a women's college of about 1,000 students, since 2009.