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Judith Rodin

Judith Rodin
Born 1944
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation President, Rockefeller Foundation; Former-President, University of Pennsylvania
Spouse Paul R. Verkuil

Judith Rodin (born 1944) Ph.D., is the first female president of an Ivy League university. She served as the seventh president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1994-2004 and in 2005 was named president of the Rockefeller Foundation. A Penn alumna, she received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1970.

Rodin is credited with expanding and improving the University and significantly changing the character of much of the area surrounding campus. During her tenure at Penn, the University rose from 16th to 4th in the U.S. News & World Report college ranking and tripled its endowment.[1] Rodin is credited as the critical figure in the revitalization of University City. [2] Capitalizing upon her influence, Rodin brought Bono, of the rock group U2, to address the University during the 2004 commencement ceremonies. [3] In her final year at Penn, Rodin's salary was $986,915.[4] At one time, she was the highest paid university president in the country.[5]

Professional Highlights

Rodin became president of the Rockefeller Foundation in March 2005.

She is currently on the the Board of Directors of Citigroup, AMR Corporation (the parent company of American Airlines), and Comcast Corporation where she served as the presiding director until 2006. [6] Rodin has also served on the Board of Directors for corporations such as Aetna, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and BlackRock. [7] She continues to serve as a trustee of the Brookings Institution.

Academic

She was Provost of Yale University from 1992 to 1994, when she moved to Penn.[8] She held various professorial and other positions at Yale from 1972 to 1994, including Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Chair of the Department of Psychology. Rodin has published more than 200 articles and chapters in academic publications and authored or co-authored eleven books.[9] Her most recent book is Public Discourse in America (2003).

Commencement Speeches & Honorary Degrees

2007

2006

2004

Awards & Honors

In 2003, Rodin was presented with the Philadelphia Award, recognizing "citizen[s] of the region who [have] done the most to advance the best and largest interest of the community."[10]

Political

In 2004 Rodin was touted as one of Pennsylvania’s best Democratic candidates for the United States Senate. [11] During the lead up to the 2006 United States Senate election, one which would eventually result in the ousting of incumbent Sen. Rick Santorum, Judith Rodin was again listed among the Democrats' short list favorites. [12]

Personal

Rodin is married to Paul R. Verkuil [13], a former President of the College of William and Mary and the American Automobile Association.[14] Verkuil is a professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he served previously as dean.[15] Judith Rodin has one child, Alex Niejelow,[16] who is a student at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[17]

Outsourcing, Sweatshops and Graduate Student Unionization Efforts at Penn

While Rodin was president, the University of Pennsylvania outsourced a number of services previously run by the university. Building services were handed to Trammell Crow, an arrangement ended after four years.[18] The move had resulted in layoffs that led to protests and a lawsuit by angered students and staff. [citation needed] Another set of protests stemmed from the layoff of Faculty Club employees when the Club was moved and the University contracted with DoubleTree to operate the Club.[19] [20] In 2000, Penn Students Against Sweatshops protested outside Rodin's office after she refused to meet with the group to discuss university purchase of apparel made in sweatshops.[citation needed] After a two week sit-in, Rodin agreed to withdraw from the Fair Labor Association. [citation needed]

During Rodin's presidency, the Penn administration resisted efforts by graduate students to form a labor union.[21] The National Labor Relations Board initially ruled that graduate students were entitled to hold union elections, yet upon appeal, the NLRB reversed the earlier opinion and held that graduate students were not entitled organize a union.[22] [23] In response, there was a protest by the graduate student group leading the unionization effort on campus when Rodin's 2003 book Public Discourse in America was released.[24]

References

  1. ^ http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/between/2003/rodin_resigns.html
  2. ^ http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov05/reborn.html
  3. ^ http://u2log.com/archive/penngrad13-thumb.jpg
  4. ^ http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2005/10/14/News/In.Final.Year.Compensation.For.Former.Pres.Neared.1m-2147223.shtml
  5. ^ http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2000/11/21/News/Rodins.Pay.Tops.For.Universities-2162138.shtml?norewrite200609232358&sourcedomain=www.dailypennsylvanian.com
  6. ^ http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=939664]
  7. ^ http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/1998/05/15/Resources/Rodin.Juggles.Corporate.Govt.Duties-2168610.shtml?norewrite200609232359&sourcedomain=www.dailypennsylvanian.com
  8. ^ http://www.sas.upenn.edu/home/views/rodin.html
  9. ^ http://www.rockfound.org/docs/OfficersAndDirectors/Biography_of_Judith_Rodin.pdf
  10. ^ http://www.whyy.org/about/pressroom/judith_rodin.html
  11. ^ http://www.politicspa.com/features/shortlist04.htm
  12. ^ http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/shortlist06sen.htm
  13. ^ http://www.rockfound.org/Library/Dr._Judith_Rodin_Named_Rockefeller_Foundation_President.pdf#search=%22verkuil%20rodin%22
  14. ^ http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/faculty_staff/fulltime_QZ.asp
  15. ^ http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/faculty_staff/fulltime_QZ.asp
  16. ^ http://www.mail-archive.com/univcity@list.purple.com/msg10380.html
  17. ^ https://www.nationalmssociety.org/PAE/event/event_page.asp?p=35532&e=6491
  18. ^ http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2002/08/29/News/Trammell.Crow.Contract.Ended-2157352.shtml?norewrite200609250036&sourcedomain=www.dailypennsylvanian.com
  19. ^ http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/1999/01/18/Resources/U.Lays.Off.35.Faculty.Club.Employees-2164062.shtml?norewrite200609250030&sourcedomain=www.dailypennsylvanian.com
  20. ^ http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/1999/02/16/Resources/U.Faculty.Club.Union.Make.No.Progress.In.Talks-2164320.shtml?norewrite200609250030&sourcedomain=www.dailypennsylvanian.com
  21. ^ http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/news/2002/01/09/News/Grad-Students.Go.To.Court.For.The.Right.To.Unionize-2158939.shtml
  22. ^ http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/news/2002/11/22/News/Grad-Students.Win.Right.To.Unionize-2156330.shtml
  23. ^ http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/news/2002/12/06/News/University.Challenges.Nlrb.Ruling.On.Grad.Union-2156210.shtml
  24. ^ http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2003/10/27/News/Graduate.Students.Protest.Rodin.Book.Signing-2153493.shtml

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Other Biographical Summaries

Reviews of Rodin's Tenure at Penn


Academic offices
Preceded by
Claire Fagin
interim
President of the University of Pennsylvania
1994–2004
Succeeded by
Amy Gutmann


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NAME Rodin, Judith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rodin, Judy
SHORT DESCRIPTION Former President, University of Pennsylvania
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

 
 
 

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