Background
Gerety, Tom was born on July 22, 1946 in New York City.
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Tom Gerety
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Tom Gerety, American College administrator, educator. Kent fellow Danforth Foundation, 1972-1976; fellow Society for Professional and Legal Philosophy, since 1980;, Woodrow Wilson fellow, 1983. Board member, chair administrative committee, Executive Committee member International Rescue Committee, since 1989; chair City of Hartford Ethics Task Force, 1990-1991; board member Connecticut State Board Education, 1992-1994.
Education
Bachelor, Yale University, 1969; Master of Philosophy, Yale University, 1974; Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1976; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Williams College, 1995.
Career
Teacher Peru project Joint Center Urban Studies, Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lima, 1966-1967;
bilingual teacher, Boston Public Schools, 1970-1971;
associate lecturer philosophy, master's assistant, Morse College Yale University, New Haven, 1972-1974;
assistant professor, fellow Center Professional Ethics, Chicago Kent College Law, Illinois Institute Technology, 1976-1978;
professor of law, University Pittsburgh, 1978-1986;
dean, Nippert professor College Law, U. Cincinnati, 1986-1989;
president, professor philosophy, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1989-1994;
president, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, since 1994. Visiting assistant professor Indiana U. School Law, Bloomington, 1977-1978. Visiting professor constitutional law and jurisprudence Stanford University School Law, 1983-1984.
Occasional appellate litigation in constitutional law American Civil Liberties Union, since 1981. Nominator MacArthur Foundation, 1985-1986. Member commission on professional practices and ethics Association Am.Law Schools, 1988-1989.
Chair New England Small College Athletic Conference, 1991-1992, 1998-1999. Chair board directors Consortium on Financing Higher Education, since 1993, president, 1993-1995. Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Constitution on various proposed amendments.
Achievements
Membership
Board member, chair administrative committee, Executive Committee member International Rescue Committee, since 1989. Chair City of Hartford Ethics Task Force, 1990-1991. Board member Connecticut State Board Education, 1992-1994.
Connections
M. Adelia Moore, October 7, 1972. Children: Finn, Carrick, Amias, Rowan.
