Tom Gerety
Collegiate Professor at New York University
Assumed office
2003
17th President of Amherst College
In office
1994–2003
Preceded byPeter R. Pouncey
Succeeded byAnthony W. Marx
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University (B.A.) (M.Phil.) (Ph.D.)
Yale Law School (J.D.)
OccupationProfessor
Lawyer
Administrator

Tom Gerety, a lawyer, philosopher, is the former president of both Trinity College (Connecticut) (1989-1994) and Amherst College (1994–2003).

Biography

After leaving Amherst College, he became the executive director of the Brennan Center for Justice (2003-2005) at New York University School of Law where he is now Collegiate Professor.[1] He is the author of law review articles [2] and The Freshman Who Hated Socrates,[3] a book on liberal arts education.

References

  1. ^ Faculty profile law.nyu.edu[dead link]
  2. ^ Gerety, Tom (1977). "Redefining Privacy". Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. 12: 233.
  3. ^ Gerety, Tom (2007). The Freshman who Hated Socrates: A College President Reflects on Life in the Liberal Arts. Amherst College Press. ISBN 978-0943184104.
Academic offices Preceded byPeter Pouncey President of Amherst College 1994–2003 Succeeded byAnthony Marx


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