THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release
October 12, 2000
PRESIDENT CLINTON REAPPOINTS CAROL A. CARTWRIGHT AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS
The President today announced his intent to reappoint Carol A. Cartwright
to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars.
Dr. Carol A. Cartwright, of Kent, Ohio, has served as President of Kent
State University and as a tenured Professor of Education since 1991. Dr.
Cartwright was the first woman president of an Ohio public university. From
1988-1991, she served as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the University
of California, Davis. Dr. Cartwright was Dean for Undergraduate Programs and
Vice Provost of Pennsylvania State University from 1984 to 1988, and Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs of the Pennsylvania State University System from
1981-1984. She is the author of numerous scholarly publications on education
and a member of the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.
Dr. Cartwright received a B.S. degree from the University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater and M.Ed. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of
Pittsburgh.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is established within
the Smithsonian Institution, and administered by an independent Board of
Trustees. The Center fosters scholarship and dialogue in international
relations through the humanities and social sciences by bringing Fellows to
Washington, encouraging discourse, and publishing the results of their
activities.
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