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Russell King
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He is a legal scholar and holds a Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from Yale University, formerly serving as the dean of Cornell Law School. In 2003, Russell was the highest paid liberal arts college president in the United States. He earned $509,130 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004.
Since 2010, he is currently serving as a Visiting Professor of Law at Washington University in Saint School of Law. Yale College, Bachelor of Arts 1969 United States Navy, 1969-1971: Surface Lincolnshire Officer, United States.S. Glover AGDE-1 Yale Law School, Juris Doctor 1974 Employed by Hill & Barlow, 1974-1978: Associate Attorney, Tax and Corporate Departments, specializing in employee benefits Boston University School of Law: Associate Professor of Law 1978-1980 Cornell University: Associate Professor of Law, 1980–1982.
Professor of Law, 1982–1988.
Editor, Law and History Review, 1982–1987. Dean and Professor of Law, 1988 to July 1998 at Grinnell "s present administrative actions at Grinnell revolved around a strategic plan approved by the trustees in Spring 2005. The five-year plan"s goals included increasing the emphasis on inquiry-based learning and broadening the curriculum.
Fostering faculty, student, and staff sense of ambition, adventure, and well-being.
Advancing Grinnell College as a more diverse, robust intellectual community. Improving the fiscal balance and stability of the college.
Contributing to the vitality of the city of Grinnell. And strengthening the public profile of Grinnell College, Grinnellians, and the value of a Grinnell education.
The Grinnell campus has undergone much construction and renovation in the 2000s.
Though the plans began during the tenure of the previous president, Pamela Ferguson, many of the projects have occurred under. World-renowned architect Cesar Pelli has designed several of the recent buildings. stepped down from his post as president of Grinnell, effective July 31, 2010. The Board of Trustees later chose Raynard South. Kington as "s successor.
Reflecting on his experiences teaching both undergraduates and law students, said he "enjoyed interacting with law students as a teacher and dean, but he says he enjoys undergraduates more.
"I like law students," he says, "but they"re much more developed and formed. Undergraduates are still making fundamental choices in their life.
lieutenant’s more interesting to interact with them."" In January 2011, was named a semi-finalist for the position of Dean of the Boston College Law School.
