Nationality American Name Tom Gerety | Role Author | |
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Books The Freshman who Hated Socrates: A College President Reflects on Life in the Liberal Arts Education Yale University, Yale Law School Similar People Evan Dobelle, Samuel Eliot, Richard H Hersh |
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. He is the author of law review articles and The Freshman Who Hated Socrates, a book on liberal arts education.
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