Amy Gutmann
American academic and diplomat (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amy Gutmann (born November 19, 1949) is an American academic and diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Germany since 2022. She was previously the president of the University of Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2022, the longest-serving president in the history of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Amy Gutmann | |
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United States Ambassador to Germany | |
Assumed office February 17, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Richard Grenell |
8th President of the University of Pennsylvania | |
In office July 1, 2004 – February 8, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Judith Rodin |
Succeeded by | M. Elizabeth Magill |
Provost of Princeton University | |
In office 2001–2004 | |
Preceded by | Jeremiah P. Ostriker |
Succeeded by | Christopher L. Eisgruber |
Personal details | |
Born | (1949-11-19) November 19, 1949 (age 74) New York City, U.S. |
Spouse | |
Children | Abigail |
Education | Radcliffe College (BA) London School of Economics (MSc) Harvard University (PhD) |
Academic background | |
Thesis | The Egalitarian Tradition (1976) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Political science |
Sub-discipline | Bioethics Political theory |
School or tradition | Liberalism |
Institutions | Princeton University University of Pennsylvania |
Gutmann's opening statement at her confirmation hearing to be United States ambassador to Germany Recorded December 14, 2021 | |
In 2018, Fortune magazine named Gutmann one of the "World's 50 Greatest Leaders".[1] She previously worked at Princeton as provost and Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics. She also founded Princeton's ethics center, the University Center for Human Values. Her published works are in the fields of politics, ethics, education, and philosophy.