During meetings among university presidents, bow-tie wearers always notice members of their own tribe, Jill Laster reports in an article in this week’s Chronicle.
One of the bow-tied men pictured below is not a member of the presidential tribe. Guess which one (answer key at the bottom). And if your president wears a bow tie but didn’t make our story, please post a link to a photo in the comments section. Bonus points if it’s a clip-on or if she wears it with a dress.
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1. Michael C. Maxey, president of Roanoke College
2. Eric Kelderman, president of … aw heck, who are we trying to kid? He’s a Chronicle reporter.
3. E. Gordon Gee, president of Ohio State University
4. George. S. Bridges, president of Whitman College
5. Fred Lazarus IV, president of the Maryland Institute College of Art
6. William G. Durden, president of Dickinson College
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22 Responses to Presidents Who Wear Bow Ties
ekelderman - March 19, 2010 at 11:46 am
The quiz is too obvious – #2 looks WAY too young to be a college president
dbeimers - March 19, 2010 at 12:29 pm
http://www.augsburg.edu/president/I don’t believe I’ve ever seen Paul Pribbenow without a bow tie.
mgasman - March 19, 2010 at 3:20 pm
It would be nice to see some African American presidents in this line up. There are quite a few leading historically White institutions now and of course, a lot leading Black colleges and universities. Might be fun to mix it up a bit. MB
tgaffery - March 19, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Jerry FarelyWashburn Universityhttp://www.washburn.edu/main/presidents/president-farley/index.html
22022822 - March 19, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Bowin Loftin, new president of Texas A&M Universityhttp://president.tamu.edu/Always a maroon bow tie!
lvc4adm - March 19, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Stephen MacDonald, Lebanon Valley College
22284881 - March 19, 2010 at 3:52 pm
How about past president’s, like Indiana University’s Tom Ehrlich http://www.indiana.edu/~libarch/iuchron/ehrlich.jpg and his
fifster - March 19, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Scripps College’s former interim president (who was retroactively named full president), Fritz Weis, always wore a bow tie. His bio page is still available on the Scripps website: http://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/fritz-weis.php (it’s even got a type in the first sentence!)
facultydiva - March 19, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Adron Doran, who was president of Morehead (KY) State University from 1954-1977 always wore a bow tie.http://www.therestorationmovement.com/doran.htm
dtroop - March 19, 2010 at 5:10 pm
mgasman: We’d love to have some African American presidents in here. Who, please? Post a link.
22127787 - March 19, 2010 at 5:32 pm
For Washburn University’s Jerry Farley, tryhttp://www.washburn.edu/main/presidents/president-farley/index.htmlr
willynilly - March 19, 2010 at 7:38 pm
My experience is somewhat different. I have observed the unusually high percentage of male trustees who wear bow ties. Those who go to trustee conventions, take notice, if you haven’t before.
12083725 - March 22, 2010 at 8:43 am
Ronald Crutcher, the wonderfully elegant president of Wheaton College in Norton MA, regularly wears a bow tie. He happens also to be a renowned cellist and African American.Media photos available at wheatoncollege.edu
11162312 - March 22, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Muhlenberg College President Randy Helm has a wide assortment of good looking bow ties.http://www.muhlenberg.edu/mgt/presoff/images/randy0405-hi-res.jpg
22062114 - March 22, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Lyon College president in Batesville, Arkanasas, Donald Weatherman http://lyon.edu/about/Office_Pres/photo_bio.aspx
cooperedu - March 22, 2010 at 4:50 pm
George Campbell Jr., President of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. When it comes to President Campbell’s bow ties, always hand tied never clipped.http://cooper.edu/assets/Images/george-campbell-jr.jpg
lgillen - March 23, 2010 at 8:20 am
Jeff Shields, President and Dean, Vermont Law Schoolhttp://www.vermontlaw.edu/Our_Faculty/Faculty_Directory/Geoffrey_B_Shields.htm
honore - March 25, 2010 at 9:31 am
where are the native american college presidents in their bowties?oh, that’s right, there aren’t any…
greenhills73 - March 25, 2010 at 12:48 pm
#1 – my thought exactly.
22228715 - March 25, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Our president has great shoes. She is seriously stylish. I’ve worked for lots of presidents who wore bow ties, but none for whom I was so covetous of shoes.http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/08/case_western_reserves_barbara.html
icolibrary1 - March 29, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Here are two college presidents with their bowties (plus a trustee without one): Dr. Arol Augsburger of the Illinois College of Optometry and President E. Gordon Gee of Ohio State University. The ICO trustee is Dr. Richard Kattouf:http://library.ico.edu/index_filesExternal/bowtie.jpg
jwjulius - April 5, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Lee Pelton, president of Willamette University (and an African-American), is not a constant bowtie wearer but does show up in them occasionally. Here’s an article with an image of him in one:http://www.blackperspective.com/pages/mag_articles/win00_leepelton.html