William Durden
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William G. Durden is the President of Dickinson College as of July 1, 1999. He was a Fulbright scholar and a recipient of the Klingenstein Fellowship from Teacher's College, Columbia University.
Durden completed high school at The Albany Academy in Albany, New York. He holds a B.A. degree from Dickinson (class of 1971) and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in German Languages and Literature from Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Durden has also served as President of the Sylvan Academy of Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. and as Vice-President for Academic Affairs of the Caliber Learning Network, a joint distance-learning venture of Sylvan and MCI.
Recently, he was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Center for the International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Scholar Program.
He was a faculty member of the St. Paul's School in Baltimore, Maryland.
His trademark attire is a bow-tie and he is known for his fondness of Dickinson founder Benjamin Rush.
