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Richard Morrill

President, Teagle Foundation

Dr. Richard L. Morrill is President of the Teagle Foundation, a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting new thinking in higher education. He also continues to serve as Chancellor of the University of Richmond, a largely honorary position that he assumed in 1998 to serve as an ambassador of good will for the University following his 10-year presidency. Dr. Morrill has written and spoken widely on issues of values and ethics in liberal education and has published several articles and made numerous presentations on strategic planning and leadership for colleges and universities. He is the author of Teaching Values in College: Facilitating Ethical, Moral and Value Awareness in Students (Jossey-Bass,1980), Strategic Leadership in Academic Affairs: Clarifying the Board's Responsibilities (AGB, 2002), Strategic Leadership: Integrating Strategy and Leadership in Colleges and Universities (ACE/Praeger, 2007) and Assessing Presidential Effectiveness (AGB, 2010). Dr. Morrill received his A.B. in History from Brown University in 1961, graduating magna cum laude, his B.D. in Religious Thought in 1964 from Yale University, where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and the recipient of the Tew Prize for excellence in studies, and his Ph.D. in Religion from Duke University where he was a James B. Duke Fellow.

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