Cincinnati Law Dean to Lead Trinity College
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Tom Gerety, dean of the University of Cincinnati College of Law, was elected today as the 17th president of Trinity College by the school’s board of trustees. Tom Gerety, dean of the University of Cincinnati College of Law, was elected today as the 17th president of Trinity College by the school’s board of trustees. Mr. Gerety, 42 years old, will assume his new post on July 1, succeeding James F. English Jr., who announced last fall that he would retire in July. Mr. Gerety, who was also a professor at the law school, will be a tenured professor of philosophy at Trinity. A selection committee of Trinity trustees, faculty members and students conducted a nationwide search and reviewed 150 applications before selecting Mr. Gerety, whose father-in-law is Bishop Paul Moore Jr. of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. ”Tom is recognized and respected for his commitment to the liberal arts and for his scholarship in constitutional law as well as ethics and political theory,” said Edward A. Montgomery Jr., chairman of Trinity’s board. ‘Great Liberal-Arts College’ More : query.nytimes.com |