28 College Leaders Pledge 5 Percent of Earnings to Fight Poverty

Susan Notes:

Participants in the pledge give their donations directly to charities of their choice, under the condition that at least half of the contributions will benefit international projects.

First college presidents, then politicos, lobbyists, and hedge fund people.


by Jack Stripling

April 30, 2012

. . .Today, 28 current and former college leaders will publicly come forward as charter members of the Presidents' Pledge Against Global Poverty. In so doing, they commit to join Reverend Svennungsen [former president of Texas Lutheran University] by donating 5 percent of their total compensation this year to charities that fight global poverty.

The list includes presidents from liberal-arts colleges, religiously affiliated institutions, and a few research universities.

Here is the list of current and former college leaders who have signed up for the Presidents' Pledge Against Global Poverty:

MaryAnn Baenninger, president, College of Saint Benedict

Sister Linda Bevilacqua, president, Barry University

Sister Joanne Burrows, president, Clarke University

Gaylen J. Byker, president, Calvin College

Nancy Cantor, chancellor, Syracuse University

The Rev. Michael J. Garanzini, president, Loyola University Chicago

Tori Haring-Smith, president, Washington & Jefferson College

Walter Harrison, president, University of Hartford

Mark Heckler, president, Valparaiso University

The Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, president, DePaul University

John J. Hurley, president, Canisius College

Nannerl O. Keohane, president emerita, Duke University and Wellesley College

Steve LaNasa, president, Donnelly College

James T. Laney, president emeritus, Emory University

Jane Dammen McAuliffe, president, Bryn Mawr College

Margaret A. McKenna, president emerita, Lesley University

Mary J. Meehan, president, Alverno College

Shirley A. Mullen, president, Houghton College

Sister Anne Munley, president, Marywood University

Christopher B. Nelson, president, St. John's College at Annapolis

Lynn Pasquerella, president, Mount Holyoke College

Sister Mary Reap, president, Elms College

Kevin P. Reilly, president, University of Wisconsin system

George Rupp, president emeritus, Columbia and Rice Universities

Kenneth Starr, president, Baylor University

Sister Diane Steele, president, University of Saint Mary

The Rev. Ann M. Svennungsen, past president, Texas Lutheran University

Christopher M. Thomforde, president, Moravian College

— Jack Stripling
Chronicle of Higher Education

http://chronicle.com/article/28-College-Leaders-Pledge-5/131744/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

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