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Stephen Joel Trachtenberg

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
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Stephen Joel Trachtenberg

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg is University Professor of Public Service and president emeritus of The George Washington University, after serving nineteen years as the fifteenth president of the university. He arrived at GW in 1988 from the University of Hartford, where he served as president for eleven years. Prior to that, he was at Boston University for eight years, as dean of arts and sciences and vice president. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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Chapter 1 from Big Man on Campus
Dec 11, 2010
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Asian Tribune, July 26, 2012
...innovation, national security, and global supremacy. Previously Dr. Mendis authored a well-accepted and read Trade for Peace. Professor Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, President Emeritus of the George Washington University, writes in his foreword to the...
GW Hatchet, June 12, 2012
...of crammed facilities and a dungeon-like interior that have dogged Gelman’s reputation. Siggins said former University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg projected these changes to libraries when he hired Siggins 17 years ago, particularly with GW’s...
Pacific Standard, May 8, 2013
...Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, president emeritus of Washington, D.C.’s The George Washington University, has spent most of his life thinking about higher education, either as a student—he has an undergraduate...
GW Hatchet, April 29, 2013
...the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The recent large-scale campus projects come after University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg elevated GW's reputation as a commuter school during his 19-year tenure, building...
Loudon Times-Mirror, April 24, 2013
...global alumni,” Craig said of Knapp. Knapp took over as president of George Washington University in 2007, succeeding Stephen Joel Trachtenberg. Prior to serving at GW, Knapp served as provost and dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Johns...
Washington Post, April 18, 2013
...they are what make the university tick. David R. Mann, Washington ● I was taken aback to read Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, the former president of George Washington University, state so dismissively of prospective students who cant swing GWs tuition,...
GW Hatchet, April 18, 2013
...Partly, it reflects a national trend, but it’s also the people who are there.” Former University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, who retired in 2007 after leading GW for 19 years, said his administration was built on a mix of numbers and gut....
Pacific Standard, April 15, 2013
...formula and will terminate its use of racial preferences as soon as practicable.” In a recent conversation with Stephen Joel Trachtenberg , Virginia-based writer John Greenya asked the president emeritus of The George Washington University about his...
GW Hatchet, April 15, 2013
...by 36 percent to $28,085 over the last decade. The Post story also mentioned former University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, who was dubbed the “high priest of runaway college inflation” by The Atlantic last fall. Trachtenberg helped...