Early Life and Education
Lombardi was born into a family of educators in Los Angeles, California in 1942. His father was the president of Los Angeles City College, a California community college, and superintendent of the Los Angeles Community College District. His mother worked as a college librarian. He earned his bachelor of arts degree from Pomona College in Claremont, California in 1963, and his master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees from Columbia University in New York City in 1964 and 1968, respectively. He also attended the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City, where he learned Spanish while living with a Mexican family, as an undergraduate, and the University of California, Los Angeles for graduate school. While he was a graduate student, Lombardi spent several years living and researching in Venezuela as a Fulbright Scholar.
Lombardi married the former Cathryn L. Lee in 1964, whom he met while they were attending Pomona College. They have two children: son John Lee Lombardi and daughter Mary Ann Lombardi.
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