Elizabeth Garrett
Elizabeth Garrett | |
|---|---|
| President-Designate of Cornell University | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | David J. Skorton |
| Provost of the University of Southern California | |
| In office 2010–2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse | Andrei Marmor |
| Alma mater | University of Oklahoma University of Virginia School of Law |
Helen Elizabeth Garrett, commonly known as Elizabeth Garrett,[1] born c. 1963,[2] is an American professor of law and an academic administrator. Since 2010, she has served as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Southern California. On July 1, 2015, she will become the 13th president of Cornell University.
Education and legal career
Garrett earned her Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Oklahoma in 1985, and her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1988.[3]
After law school, Garrett clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and for Judge Stephen F. Williams on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[4]
Garrett was also Legislative Director and Tax and Budget Counsel to Senator David L. Boren of Oklahoma.[3][4]
Academia
Garrett was a professor of law at the University of Chicago from 1995 to 1999, also holding the post of deputy dean for academic affairs.[4] In addition she was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, the California Institute of Technology, the University of Virginia Law School, Central European University in Budapest, and the Interdisciplinary Center Law School in Israel.[5]
Career at USC
Garrett began her tenure at the University of Southern California in 2003.[6] Her research included legislative process, direct democracy, the federal budget process, democratic institutions, statutory interpretation, administrative law and tax policy.[4] During this time, she co-authored Cases and Materials on Legislation: Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy and co-edited Statutory Interpretation Stories and Fiscal Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Budget Policy.[6]
In 2010, Garrett was appointed provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. She concurrently worked as a professor in the USC Gould School of Law, and she also sat on the governing board of USC hospitals.[7]
President of Cornell University
On September 30, 2014, Cornell University's Board of Trustees unanimously elected Garrett as the 13th president of Cornell University.[8] Incumbent president of Cornell University David J. Skorton had earlier announced he would be leaving Cornell on June 30, 2015, to become the next secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
She was selected after a six months search that inspected some two hundred candidates.[9] Garrett will be the first woman to lead the university.[10]
Special appointments
In 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush appointed Garrett to serve on the nine-member bipartisan President's Advisory Panel for Federal Tax Reform.[11] Its report was issued later in that same year.
On March 30, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama nominated Garrett to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy in the Department of Treasury.[12] Garrett withdrew her nomination on May 29, 2009, citing "aspects of my personal family situation."[13]
From 2009-2014 she served as one of five commissioners on the California Fair Political Practices Commission, the state’s independent political oversight agency.[14] She previously served as director of the USC-Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics.[15] Garrett has also served on the boards of the Initiative & Referendum Institute at USC and on the Internet2 Board of Directors.[6]
References
- ^ "Obama fleshes out Treasury Department".
- ^ Los Angeles Times (30 September 2014). "USC Provost Garrett to become first female president of Cornell". latimes.com.
- ^ a b "City native to participate on Bush tax reform panel". Daily Oklahoman. March 4, 2005. Retrieved November 8, 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d "TREASURY: Garrett Tapped as Asst. Tax Policy Secretary.(Washington)". The Bond Buyer. March 31, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "Faculty bio". University of Southern California. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ a b c "ELIZABETH GARRETT NAMED USC PROVOST". States News Service. October 28, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "USC Health System Board". Keck School. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Elizabeth Garrett, USC provost, named Cornell's 13th president". Cornell Chronicle. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ Los Angeles Times (30 September 2014). "USC Provost Garrett to become first female president of Cornell". latimes.com.
- ^ "Ou Graduate Becomes President of Cornell University". States News Service. September 30, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "City native to participate on Bush tax reform panel". Daily Oklahoman. March 4, 2005. Retrieved November 8, 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ Julianna Goldman, Obama Names Garrett, Barr, Madison to Treasury Department Posts Bloomberg (March 30, 2009).
- ^ Ryan J. Donmoyer, Garrett Withdraws as Obama’s Top Tax Policy Official Bloomberg (May 29, 2009).
- ^ http://www.fppc.ca.gov/index.html?id=48&show=detail&prid=695
- ^ Ludden, Jennifer (November 3, 2004). "Interview: Professor Elizabeth Garrett of USC discusses election reforms and possible legal challenges to the vote". NPR. Retrieved November 8, 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
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