Mark Gearan

Mark Gearan
Director of the Peace Corps
In office
September 26, 1995 – August 11, 1999
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byCarol Bellamy
Succeeded byMark L. Schneider
White House Communications Director
In office
June 7, 1993 – August 14, 1995
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byGeorge Stephanopoulos
Succeeded byDon Baer
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
In office
January 20, 1993 – June 7, 1993
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byRobert Zoellick
Succeeded byRoy Neel
Personal details
Born (1956-09-19) September 19, 1956 (age 67)
Gardner, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary Herlihy
Children2 daughters
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)
WebsiteOfficial website

Mark Daniel Gearan (born September 19, 1956)[1] is a public servant, lawyer, and the president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He previously served as a director at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics from 1995 to 1999 and as the director of the Peace Corps. He is the longest-serving president in the history of HWS, serving from 1999–2017. Gearan returned to the position in 2022.[2]

The HWS Board of Trustees awarded him an honorary degree in 2017 and named him President Emeritus of the Colleges. In 2018, Gearan joined Harvard University as 'President in Residence'.[3]

Gearan has served as Chair of the National Campus Compact, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Annapolis Group of selective liberal arts colleges, and the Talloires Network Steering Committee, an organization of college and university presidents.

  1. ^ "Washington Monitor's Federal Yellow Book". 1999.
  2. ^ "President | Offices | HWS Colleges". www.hws.edu. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "Mark Gearan appointed Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School". www.hks.harvard.edu. February 12, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2024.

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