Tom Gerety

Tom Gerety
17th President of Amherst College
In office 1994–2003
Preceded by	Peter R. Pouncey
Succeeded by	Anthony W. Marx
Personal details
Nationality	American
Education	Yale University (BA, MPhil, PhD, JD)
Occupation	Professor Lawyer Administrator

Tom Gerety is an American lawyer and philosopher. He is a former president of both Trinity College (Connecticut) (1989-1994) and Amherst College (1994–2003).

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.

References

1. Faculty profile law.nyu.edu ^{[dead link]}
2. Gerety, Tom (1977). "Redefining Privacy". Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. 12: 233.
3. Gerety, Tom (2007). The Freshman who Hated Socrates: A College President Reflects on Life in the Liberal Arts. Amherst College Press. ISBN 978-0943184104.

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