Thomas Warren Ross
Thomas W. Ross | |
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President of the University of North Carolina | |
In office January 1, 2011 – January 4, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Erskine Bowles |
Succeeded by | Margaret Spellings |
17th President of Davidson College | |
In office 2007–2010 | |
Preceded by | Robert F. Vagt |
Succeeded by | Carol Quillen |
Personal details | |
Born | Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. | June 5, 1950
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Davidson College University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Thomas Warren Ross Sr. is an American public official who served as the president of the University of North Carolina system from 2011 to 2016. He succeeded Erskine Bowles on January 1, 2011. Formerly, he was president of Davidson College, a private North Carolina liberal arts college from August 1, 2007, to January 1, 2011, and received membership in Omicron Delta Kappa while there in 2008.
Career
Ross, a native of
Ross is the recipient of the
Ross is known for his controversial sentence of a non-violent offender to 160 years in prison.[2] In 1989, he sentenced Derek Twyman (a Canadian citizen living in North Carolina) to 160 years in prison for non-violent property crimes. In 2016, 27 years later, he was surprised to hear that Twyman was still in prison. The following year, Ross helped obtain parole for Twyman who was able to return to Canada that summer.
On August 26, 2010, Ross was elected president of the University of North Carolina system.[3][4][5]
On June 6, 2015, Ross delivered the commencement address at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a UNC member institution.[6]
Ross was fired as president by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors; he publicly stated that his departure was not voluntary.[7] His last day at the University of North Carolina was January 3, 2016.[8]
In an article on the Washington Post on May 18, 2016, as of July 1, 2016, Ross will become the president of the Volcker Alliance, a nonpartisan organization aimed at rebuilding public trust in government that was founded by Paul Volcker.[9]
Ross was named the first Terry Sanford Distinguished Fellow at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy in 2016.[10]
References
- ^ "The page cannot be found". Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
- ^ "Long time gone".
- ^ News & Observer: Davidson president to lead UNC system Archived 2010-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ News & Observer: It's official: Ross is the new UNC president Archived 2010-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ UNC Press release: Ross Elected President of the University of North Carolina
- ^ "Sending Off Class Of 2015 To Lead And Help Others". North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. NCSSM. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- Chapelboro. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- Chapelboro.
- ^ News & Observer
- ^ "UNC President Emeritus Ross Named Sanford Fellow at Duke | Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy". sanford.duke.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-08.