About the Author
RICHARD L. MORRILL, after ten years as president of the University of Rich-
mond, became chancellor and distinguished university professor of ethics and
democratic values in 1998. He previously served as president of Centre College
from 1982 to 1988 and of Salem College from 1979 to 1982. He is the author
of Teaching Values in College (1980) and Strategic Leadership in Academic Affairs:
Clarifying the Board’s Responsibilities (2002). Morrill received degrees from Brown
University in history, magna cum laude, and from Yale University in religious
thought before completing his doctoral work at Duke University in religion and
ethics. He studied for a year in Paris as an undergraduate and has been honored
by the French government with membership in the Order of Academic Palms
and the Order of National Merit. He currently serves on several corporate and
not-for-profit boards and as a consultant on governance, strategy, and leadership
to colleges and universities.