Jacqueline Weis Liebergott was the 11th president of Emerson College and is a doctor in speech pathology.
A graduate of the University of Maryland, Liebergott earned her master's and doctoral degrees in speech-language pathology from the University of Pittsburgh. She is also a trustee of the Corporation of the Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and she serves on the New England Council. She is also involved with the Friends and Lovers of the Public Garden and Boston Common, Downtown Crossing Association. Liebergott was born and spent her childhood in Uxbridge, Massachusetts before her parents moved to Maryland.
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Liebergott started at Emerson College as a professor in the division of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She progressed up the ranks to graduate dean, academic dean, vice president and interim president before being elected president in 1993.
As president, she reorganized the college's academic departments, strengthened the college's enrollment, reputation and finances, and eventually moved the campus from Back Bay Boston to greatly enhanced facilities in the historic Theatre District off the Boston Common.
Her salary for 2009 was projected to be $680,000.
Liebergott signed the Amethyst initiative, agreeing to lower the drinking age to 18.[1]
On December 2, 2009, Liebergott announced to the Emerson community her retirement, effective June 30, 2011. [2]
"The car came back looking like new. It was in perfect condition, and paid for. At my insistence, we sold it immediately and bought another car we could not afford." (Boston Globe, [1])
"To watch a campus build and the demand from students grow and their talents blossom, that's all very exciting." (Boston Globe, [2])
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| Preceded by John Zacharis |
President of Emerson College 1993–2011 |
Succeeded by M. Lee Pelton |