Lawrence S. Bacow
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Lawrence S. Bacow has been president of Tufts University since September 1, 2001. A lawyer and economist whose research focuses on environmental policy, he holds faculty appointments in five departments at Tufts. An internationally recognized expert on non-adjudicatory approaches to the resolution of environmental disputes, he has authored four books and numerous articles, and has consulted extensively throughout the world. Prior to Tufts, he was chancellor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Bacow received his S.B. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his M.P.P. and Ph.D. from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Bacow is an avid runner, with three marathons to his name. He and his wife Adele Fleet Bacow have two sons, Jay and Ken.
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| Reverend Hosea Ballou II (1853–1861) • Reverend Alonzo Ames Miner (1862–1875) • Reverend Elmer Hewitt Capen (1875–1905) • Reverend Frederick W. Hamilton (1905–1912) • William Leslie Hooper (1919–1914) • Hermon Carey Bumpus (1914–1919) • John Albert Cousens (1919–1937) • Leonard Carmichael (1938–1952) • Nils Vngve Wessell (1953–1966) • Burton Crosby Hallowell (1967–1976) • Jean Mayer (1976–1992) • John DiBiaggio (1992–2001) • Lawrence S. Bacow (2001–) |
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