Tom Gerety

Tom Gerety

Collegiate Professor at New York University
Incumbent
Assumed office 2003
17th President of Amherst College
In office 1994–2003
Preceded by	Peter R. Pouncey
Succeeded by	Anthony W. Marx
Personal details
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University (B.A.) (M.Phil.) (Ph.D.) Yale Law School (J.D.)
Occupation	Professor 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.

Academic offices
Preceded by Peter Pouncey	President of Amherst College 1994–2003	Succeeded by Anthony Marx

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Pouncey (1984–1994)
Gerety (1994–2003)
Marx (2003–2011)
Martin (2011–present)

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