main content President Glassner Joins in Letter to President-Elect Trump
Barry Glassner and more than 100 other college and university presidents have signed an open letter to President-elect Trump urging him to “condemn and work to prevent the harassment, hate, and acts of violence that are being perpetrated across our nation.” President Glassner was among the small group who worked together to draft the letter.
November 18, 2016
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Barry Glassner and more than 100 other college and university presidents have signed an open letter to President-elect Trump urging him to “condemn and work to prevent the harassment, hate, and acts of violence that are being perpetrated across our nation.” President Glassner was among the small group who worked together to draft the following:
Dear President-elect Trump,
As do you, we “seek common ground, not hostility; partnership, not conflict.” In order to maintain the trust required for such productive engagement, it is essential that we immediately reaffirm the core values of our democratic nation: human decency, equal rights, freedom of expression, and freedom from discrimination. As college and university presidents, we commit ourselves to promoting these values on our campuses and in our communities, and we stand alongside the business, nonprofit, religious, and civic leaders who are doing the same in organizations large and small.
In light of your pledge to be “President for all Americans,” we urge you to condemn and work to prevent the harassment, hate, and acts of violence that are being perpetrated across our nation, sometimes in your name, which is now synonymous with our nation’s highest office. In our schools, on job sites and college campuses, on public streets and in coffee shops, members of our communities, our children, our families, our neighbors, our students, and our employees are facing very real threats, and are frightened.
One of the roles of leaders is to protect and empower the most vulnerable. As President-elect, this responsibility rests heavily on you. Let this be a mark of your leadership.
Raymond E. Crossman
President
Adler University
Mauri Ditzler
Mauri Ditzler
President
Albion College
Mark Zupan
Mark Zupan
President
Alfred University
Jeff Abernathy
Jeff Abernathy
President
Alma College
Biddy Martin
Biddy Martin
President
Amherst College
William R. Groves
William R. Groves
Chancellor
Antioch University
John M Sullivan
President
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Paul C. Pribbenow
President
Augsburg College
Steven Bahls
Steven Bahls
President
Augustana College
Marjorie Hass
Marjorie Hass
President
Austin College
Leon Botstein
President
Bard College
Mac Powell
President
Bastyr University
Scott Bierman
President
Beloit College
Mariko Silver
President
Bennington College
David C. Joyce
President
Brevard College
Kimberly Wright Cassidy
President
Bryn Mawr College
Nancy Blattner
President
Caldwell University
Donald J. Laackman
President
Champlain College
Frank G. Pogue
Interim President
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
David McInally
President
Coe College
Brian W. Casey
President
Colgate University
Helen J. Streubert
President
College of Saint Elizabeth
Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.
President
College of the Holy Cross
Jonathan Brand
President
Cornell College
Jann Weitzel
President
Cottey College
Carol Quillen
President
Davidson College
Mark McCoy
President
DePauw University
Mark Scheinberg
President
Goodwin College
Jose Antonio Bowen
President
Goucher College
Raynard S. Kington
President
Grinnell College
Jane K. Fernandes
President
Guilford College
Rebecca M. Bergman
President
Gustavus Adolphus College
John J. “Ski” Sygielski
President
HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College
Margaret L. Drugovich
President
Hartwick College
Kimberly Benston
President
Haverford College
Lori Varlotta
President
Hiram College
Mark D. Gearan
President
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Andrea Chapdelaine
President
Hood College
Shirley A. Mullen
President
Houghton College
Lisa A. Rossbacher
President
Humboldt State University
Alison Byerly
President
Lafayette College
Dan McAlexander
President
LaGrange College
Michael B. Alexander
President
Lasell College
Mark Burstein
President
Lawrence University
Barry Glassner
President
Lewis & Clark College
Richard Green
President
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
Brian F. Linnane, S.J.
President
Loyola University Maryland
Kenneth R. Garren
President
Lynchburg College
Brian Rosenberg
President
Macalester College
Stuart Kestenbaum
President
Maine College of Art
James Gandre
President
Manhattan School of Music
Kevin F. F. Quigley
President
Marlboro College
Kerry Walk
President
Marymount Manhattan College
Laurie Patton
President
Middlebury College
Bryon Grigsby
President
Moravian College
John Silvanus Wilson, Jr.
President
Morehouse College
David Wilson
President
Morgan State University
Stanley J. Pritchett, Sr.
President
Morris Brown College
Sonya Stephens
Acting President
Mount Holyoke College
Timothy E. Trainor
President
Mount St. Mary’s University
John I. Williams, Jr.
President
Muhlenberg College
Kent Devereaux
President
New Hampshire Institute of Art
Richard Helldobler
Interim President
Northeastern Illinois University
Lawrence Schall
President
Oglethorpe University
David W. Oxtoby
President
Pomona College
Debbie Sydow
President
Richard Bland College
Allan Cahoon
President and Vice Chancellor
Royal Roads University
Rachel Schreiber
Interim President
San Francisco Art Institute
Karen R. Lawrence
President
Sarah Lawrence College
Tracy Fitzsimmons
President
Shenandoah University
Susan E. Henking
President
Shimer College
Peg Albert
President
Siena Heights University
Joe Bertolino
President
Southern Connecticut State University
David Rees Evans
President
Southern Vermont College
Edward B. Burger
President
Southwestern University
John A. Pieper
President
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Kevin J. Manning
President
Stevenson University
Valerie Smith
President
Swarthmore College
Susan C. Scrimshaw
President
The Sage Colleges
John M. McCardell, Jr.
Vice-Chancellor and President
The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
Joanne Berger Sweeney
President
Trinity College (Hartford)
Stephen C. Ainlay
President
Union College
Thomas W. Keefe
President
University of Dallas
Quint Thurman
President
University of the Southwest
Jonathan Chenette
President
Vassar College
Thomas Christopher Greene
President
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Scott D. Miller
President
Virginia Wesleyan College
Tori Haring-Smith
President
Washington & Jefferson College
Weymouth Spence
President
Washington Adventist University
Joseph Kline
President
Watkins College
Jonathan Gibralter
President
Wells College
Michael S. Roth
President
Wesleyan University
Dennis Hanno
President
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
David J. Chard
President
Wheelock College
Sharon Herzberger
President
Whittier College
Stephen E. Thorsett
President
Willamette University
Elizabeth MacLeod Walls
President
William Jewell College
Adam Falk
President
Williams College
Barbara K. Mistick
President
Wilson College
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