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In 2009 Time Magazine named him one of the 10 best college presidents.<ref>http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1937938_1937933_1937919,00.html</ref> |
In 2009 Time Magazine named him one of the 10 best college presidents.<ref>http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1937938_1937933_1937919,00.html</ref> |
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On December 12, 2013, Liebowitz announced that he would step down as president of the college effective June 30, 2015, by which time he will have served for 11 years.<ref>http://www.addison-eagle.com/news/2013/dec/12/liebowitz-step-down-middlebury-2015/</ref> |
On December 12, 2013, Liebowitz announced that he would step down as president of the college effective June 30, 2015, by which time he will have served for 11 years.<ref>http://www.addison-eagle.com/news/2013/dec/12/liebowitz-step-down-middlebury-2015/</ref> On January 2015, Liebowitz spearheaded the dedication ceremony for the new Virtue Field House, Squash Center, and sports-related improvements to the Peterson Family Athletics Complex in [[Middlebury College]]. He dedicated the new field house to donors [http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/node/490622 Ted Virtue] and Dani Shaw Virtue, both athletes of class 1982.<ref>http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/node/490622</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:15, 27 February 2015
Ronald David Liebowitz | |
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| 16th President of Middlebury College | |
| In office July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | John McCardell, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Laurie L. Patton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 26, 1957 Brooklyn, New York |
| Residence | Middlebury, Vermont |
| Alma mater | Bucknell University Columbia University |
| Profession | Professor and College Administrator |
| Website | Office of the President |
Ronald D. Liebowitz (born April 26, 1957)[2] is the current president of Middlebury College, and a professor of geography. He was named the College's sixteenth president in April 2004, succeeding John McCardell, Jr. on July 1, 2004.[3]
Liebowitz had previously served as provost and Dean of the Faculty. An expert in Russian economic and political geography, he began teaching at Middlebury in 1984.[4] His first Middlebury experience was as a Language School student in 1980 and 1981.
A native of Brooklyn, Liebowitz received his undergraduate degree from Bucknell University in 1979 and completed his postgraduate work at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. in geography in 1985. Liebowitz and his wife, Jessica, have three young children.
Presidency
Liebowitz is Middlebury's third faculty member to be named president, following McCardell and 19th century alumnus Ezra Brainerd. In his first year, he shaped the agreement that brought the Monterey Institute of International Studies under affiliation with Middlebury, and began a comprehensive strategic planning process. Liebowitz kicked off The Middlebury Initiative in October 2007; the largest capital campaign ever by a liberal arts college, the Initiative will raise $500 million to support the strategic plan's primary goals of financial aid and additional faculty.
In 2009 Time Magazine named him one of the 10 best college presidents.[5]
On December 12, 2013, Liebowitz announced that he would step down as president of the college effective June 30, 2015, by which time he will have served for 11 years.[6] On January 2015, Liebowitz spearheaded the dedication ceremony for the new Virtue Field House, Squash Center, and sports-related improvements to the Peterson Family Athletics Complex in Middlebury College. He dedicated the new field house to donors Ted Virtue and Dani Shaw Virtue, both athletes of class 1982.[7]
References
- ^ http://liebowitzday.com/default.aspx
- ^ date & year of birth according to LCNAF CIP data
- ^ Ronald D. Liebowitz becomes Middlebury's 16th president
- ^ President's Biography
- ^ http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1937938_1937933_1937919,00.html
- ^ http://www.addison-eagle.com/news/2013/dec/12/liebowitz-step-down-middlebury-2015/
- ^ http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/node/490622
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