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| ====== Tom Gerety ====== | ====== Tom Gerety ====== |
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| Tom Gerety is a philosopher, author, and professor who served as [[presidents|President]] of Trinity College from 1989 to 1994. He graduated from Yale University in 1976 after receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, a JD, and his PhD. Before his presidency at Trinity, Gerety was a Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford from 1983 to 1984, a Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law from 1978 to 1986, and the Nippert Professor of Law and Dean of the School of Law at the University of Cincinnati from 1986 to 1989. | Tom Gerety is a philosopher, author, and professor who served as [[presidents|president]] of Trinity College from 1989 to 1994. He graduated from Yale University in 1976 after receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, a JD, and his PhD. Before his presidency at Trinity, Gerety was a Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford from 1983 to 1984, a Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law from 1978 to 1986, and the Nippert Professor of Law and Dean of the School of Law at the University of Cincinnati from 1986 to 1989. |
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| [{{ :gerety_tom.jpg?325|Tom Gerety, ca. 1989. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34926802|Trinity College Archives]]}}] | [{{ :gerety_tom.jpg?325|Tom Gerety, ca. 1989. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34926802|Trinity College Archives]]}}] |
| In 1994, Gerety announced that he would be leaving Trinity to accept the position of president at Amherst College. Gerety was succeeded by the [[painter_borden_w._jr|Rev. Dr. Borden Winslow Painter, Jr.]] as interim president. | In 1994, Gerety announced that he would be leaving Trinity to accept the position of president at Amherst College. Gerety was succeeded by the [[painter_borden_w._jr|Rev. Dr. Borden Winslow Painter, Jr.]] as interim president. |
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| Gerety served as president of Amherst College from 1994 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he worked as the Brennan Professor and Executive Director at the Brennan Center of Justice at New York University's School of Law. He then became a Collegiate Professor at New York University in 2005 until his retirement in 2020. He is the author of //The Freshman Who Hated Socrates: A College President Reflects on Life in the Liberal Arts//, published in November 2007. He also wrote and narrated the PBS series //Visions of the Constitution// with Judy Woodruff. | Gerety served as president of Amherst College from 1994 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he worked as the Brennan Professor and Executive Director at the Brennan Center of Justice at New York University's School of Law. He then became a Collegiate Professor at New York University in 2005 until his retirement in 2020. He is the author of //The Freshman Who Hated Socrates: A College President Reflects on Life in the Liberal Arts//, published in November 2007. He also wrote and narrated the PBS series //Visions of the Constitution// with Judy Woodruff. |
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| | ===== Preceded By ===== |
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| | [[english_james_fairfield_jr|James Fairfield English, Jr. H’89]] |
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| | ===== Succeeded By ===== |
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| | [[painter_borden_w._jr|Borden W. Painter, Jr. '58, H’95 (acting)]] |
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| | [[dobelle_evan_s|Evan S. Dobelle]] |
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