Background
Sullivan, Timothy Jackson was born on April 15, 1944 in Ravenna, Ohio, United States. Son of Ernest Tulio and Margaret Elizabeth (Caris) Sullivan.
Sullivan, Timothy Jackson was born on April 15, 1944 in Ravenna, Ohio, United States. Son of Ernest Tulio and Margaret Elizabeth (Caris) Sullivan.
AB, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1966. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Aberdeen, Scotland, 1993.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 2005. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, 2007.
Assistant professor law College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1972—1975, associate professor, 1975—1978, professor, 1978—1985, Bryan professor law, dean, 1985—1992, president, 1992—2005, president emeritus, since 2005. Executive assistant for policy to Governor Charles S. Robb State of Virginia, Richmond, 1982—1985. Attorney Freeman, Drapers' Company, London, 1992.
President, Chief Executive Officer The Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia, since 2006. Visiting professor law University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1981. Executive director Governor's Commission on Virginia's Future, Richmond, 1982—1984.
Vice-chairman Governor's Commission on Federal Spending, Richmond, 1986. Member Governor's Fellows Selection Committee, 1985—1990, Governor's Commission on Sexual Assault and Substance Abuse on the College Campus (chairman enforcement subcommittee), 1991—1992. Counsel Commission on Future of Virginia's Judicial Systems, 1987—1989.
Chair VA Rhodes Scholarship Commission, 1998—2003. Member Livery Drapers Company, 2003. Chair appeals panel International Commission Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, 2002—2006.
Member Virginia State Board Education, Richmond, 1987—1992. Chair Governor's Task Force on Intercollegiate Athletics, 1992—1993. President The Mariner's Museum, Newport News, Virginia, since 2006.
Fellow: Virginia Bar Federation, American Bar Federation. Member: American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, Virginia State Bar, American Arbitration Association (board directors 2000-2003), Cosmos Club, University Club (Washington), Bull and Bear Club, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Anne Doubet Klare, January 21, 1973.