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The New York Times, April 5, 2003
Amherst College has selected Anthony W. Marx, a political science professor at Columbia University and a prize-winning author, as its new president, the college announced yesterday.
In addition to his teaching duties at Columbia, Professor Marx directed an initiative financed by the Gates Foundation that establishes partnerships between public schools and colleges and universities.
In an interview yesterday, Professor Marx said that a priority at Amherst would be to make the college more active in seeking to improve American public education.
Professor Marx said his other priorities would include encouraging students to engage in more community service, and reviewing the Amherst curriculum with its faculty, to make sure it is working across the disciplines.
Professor Marx, 44, was born in Manhattan. He earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University and master's and doctoral degrees from Princeton, the latter in 1990. He joined Columbia that year.
During the 1980's Professor Marx lived in South Africa, and he has drawn on those experiences in several books, including "Making Race and Nation," which was awarded a 1999 prize by the American Political Science Association.
He succeeds Tom Gerety, who will step down on June 30 after nine years as president.
Amherst College has selected Anthony W. Marx, a political science professor at Columbia University and a prize-winning author, as its new president, the college announced yesterday.
In addition to his teaching duties at Columbia, Professor Marx directed an initiative financed by the Gates Foundation that establishes partnerships between public schools and colleges and universities.
In an interview yesterday, Professor Marx said that a priority at Amherst would be to make the college more active in seeking to improve American public education.
Professor Marx said his other priorities would include encouraging students to engage in more community service, and reviewing the Amherst curriculum with its faculty, to make sure it is working across the disciplines.
Professor Marx, 44, was born in Manhattan. He earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University and master's and doctoral degrees from Princeton, the latter in 1990. He joined Columbia that year.
During the 1980's Professor Marx lived in South Africa, and he has drawn on those experiences in several books, including "Making Race and Nation," which was awarded a 1999 prize by the American Political Science Association.
He succeeds Tom Gerety, who will step down on June 30 after nine years as president.
