Douglas C. Bennett

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Douglas C. Bennett (born 1946) is the president of Earlham College, located in Richmond, Indiana. He was installed as president in 1996. Dr. Bennett is also a member of the political science department at Earlham.

Bennett grew up in Rochester, New York and graduated from Haverford College in 1968. He taught political science at Temple University before becoming the president of Earlham College. He credits Gerhard Spiegler as his inspiration to become a college president.

Bennett has become known throughout the state of Indiana for dismissing the majority of the board of directors of Conner Prairie, formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Earlham College. This action precipitated involvement from Indiana's attorney general leading to a split between the two organizations including a division of a substantial endowment established by philanthropist Eli Lilly.