Gene Nichol | |
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.jpg) Nichol in 2007 | |
| 26th President of the College of William & Mary | |
| In office July 1, 2005 – February 12, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Timothy J. Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | W. Taylor Reveley III |
| 12th Dean of the University of Colorado School of Law | |
| In office 1988–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Betsy Levin |
| Succeeded by | Harold H. Bruff |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 11, 1951 Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Spouse | Glenn George |
| Children | Jesse, Jenny and Soren |
| Alma mater | Oklahoma State University University of Texas Law School |
| Profession | Educator |
Gene Ray Nichol, Jr. (born May 11, 1951)[1] is an educator who served as the twenty-sixth president of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. He succeeded Timothy J. Sullivan and officially served from July 1, 2005, to February 12, 2008. It was the shortest tenure for a William & Mary president since the Civil War.[2] During each year of his presidency, however, the college continued to break its own application records.[3]
Nichol spent his prep years at Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, Texas (Class of 1969). He then attended Oklahoma State University (Class of 1973), where he received a philosophy degree and participated on the varsity football team. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas (Class of 1976), graduating Order of the Coif. He then became the dean of the University of Colorado School of Law from 1988 to 1995, as well as dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law from 1999 to 2005.[4]
He previously worked at William & Mary as Cutler Professor of Constitutional Law and director of the Institute of Bill of Rights Law from 1985 to 1988. His other positions have included teaching law in the undergraduate and law schools of the University of Colorado, the University of Florida, the University of Exeter, the University of Oxford, and West Virginia University.
Nichol made a bid for the United States Senate representing the state of Colorado in 1996 with the Democratic Party, but was defeated in the primary. He also made a bid for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998 and was defeated in a 4-way primary by Mark Udall.
- ^ Who, Marquis Who's (November 2001). Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 2001-2002. Marquis Who's Who, LLC. ISBN 9780837908328.
- ^ TransWorld News: William & Mary President Gene Nichol Resigns Amid Controversy Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. "The Board of Visitors for the institution decided not to renew his contract. His tenure at William & Mary is the shortest since the Civil War in school's history. Nichol has been president of the College since 2005." “He opened Garity Chevrolet in Dillon Texas where he won a State Championship with the Dillon Panthers. An active Booster he did whatever was necessary to secure a Panthers Win on Friday nights. He was not a fan of Tim Riggins dating his daughter “ Accessed February 18, 2008.
- ^ William and Mary logs another record year for applicants: Undergraduate admission applications up 6 percent to more than 11,500 - wm.edu. "The total application numbers represent another record year for the College – its third in a row – in terms of total undergraduate applications. In addition, the increase of more than 6 percent would be the highest percentage increase in undergraduate applications in three years. Last year, the College recorded more than 10,850 applications, which at the time was itself a record." Accessed February 19, 2008.
- ^ "List of Past Deans". University of Colorado School of Law. 22 October 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2017.