Distinguished Visiting Professor
The University of Vermont and St. Michael's College |
2003 to Present |
Bicentennial Scholar-in-Residence
Middlebury College |
1999 - 2003 |
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland | August 1996 - 1999 |
Deputy Secretary
U.S. Department of Education |
January 1993 - August 1996 |
Rockefeller Fellow
First Nelson A. Rockefeller Center Distinguished Visiting Fellow Dartmouth College (University appointment) |
September - December 1992 |
Resident
The McDowell Colony |
Summer 1992 |
Distinguished Visitor in Public Policy
Bunting Institute Radcliffe College (University appointment) |
1991 - 1992 |
Montgomery Fellow
Dartmouth College (Univesity appointment) |
1991 - 1992 |
Founder and Board President
Institute for Sustainable Communities Montpelier, Vermont |
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Governor, State of Vermont
Served three terms |
1985 - 1991 |
Executive Committee, National Governors' Conference | |
Chair, New England Governors' Conference | |
Lieutenant Governor, State of Vermont
Served two terms |
1979 - 1983 |
Vermont General Assembly
Member, three terms Party Whip 1975-1978 Chair of House Appropriations Committee 1976 - 1977 |
1973 - 1979 |
Fellow, Institute of Politics
Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (University appointment) |
1983 - 1984 |
International Experience |
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Montreal,Toronto. Participated in Governors' briefing on European Community and NATO in Brussels. |
1981 |
Autonomous Russian Republic of Karelia; first American official to visit since Russian Revolution, paving the way for on-going citizen exchanges. 1967 |
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free elections in 45 years at request of National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Participated in opening of Environmental Center in Budapest. |
1956 |
Education |
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Program for State and Local Government
Kennedy School of Government Harvard University |
1979 |
M.A., English Literature
University of Vermont |
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M.S., School of Journalism
Columbia University |
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B.S., cum Laude
University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
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Honorary Degrees (Included are the following:)
Clark University; Green Mountain College (MA); Hebrew Union College (N.Y.C.); Jewish Theologian Seminary (N.Y.C.); Lesley College; Middlebury College; Mount Holyoke College; North Adams State College (MA); Norwich University; Russell Sage College; St. Michael's College; SUNY Plattsburgh; Trinity College (VT); University of New Hampshire; University of Massachusetts (Amherst); University of Vermont; Vermont Law School; Yeshiva University; The Claremont Graduate School; Williams College. |
Environmental Activities |
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Senior fellow, World Wildlife Fund and Conservation Foundation | |
National Governors' Association - Committee on energy and Environment Chair 1988-1990 | |
Committee on Global Climate Change .
Vermont ranked first in nation in environmental policy by Institute for Southern Studies. |
Education Activities as Governor |
Doubled funding for public education; initiated new public school assessment program; revised vocational training; established kindergarten for all schools; created early education programs for three and four year old low income children; worked with private sector to establish incentive grants for school restructuring; established School Report Day. Named one of ten education governors by Fortune Magazine. Vermont ranked first in nation for children's services by two child advocacy organizations. |
Boards and Commissions |
Audubon Society; Center for Policy Alternatives; Clean Sites; John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company; Institute of Politics, Harvard University (Board of Visitors); Human Rights Watch; International Rescue Committee; Project Liberty (Harvard University); The Twentieth Century Fund; Vermont Farm Youth Corps; Winrock International; The Women's Campaign Fund. |
Awards and Honors |
Numerous awards for work in the environment, education and human services.
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
Languages |
Fluent in German and French. |
Publications |
Living a Political Life (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., March 1994) |
The Big Green Book, co-author (Crown Publishers, 1976) |
Numerous articles and columns in national newspapers and magazines including the Washington Post, Boston Glove, Christian Science Monitor, and many Vermont newspapers. |
Public Speaking |
Lectured on education, the environmnet, women's issues, family/workplace issues at numerous universities, including Boston College, Harvard University (Divinity School, Law School, School of Public Health, Kennedy School), Radcliffe College, Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School), Mount Holyoke College, Rutgers University, Smith College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, Williams College, and Yale University. Held visiting lectureships at Duke University, Princeton University, University of Chicago and Williams College. |
Commentator for Vermont Public Radio. |
Professional Activities prior to 1973 |
Newspaper reporter for the Burlington Free Press, Burlington, Vermont |
Producer for WCAX television, Burlington, Vermont |
Instructor in English literature at Trinity College of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont |
Radio talk show host |
Community volunteer |