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Robert A. Corrigan
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WiRED International is pleased to announce that San Francisco State University President Robert Corrigan, Ph.D. has joined its governing Board. Known for his emphasis on civic engagement and the application of university expertise to community issues, Dr. Corrigan has served as SFSU's 12th president since 1988. Prior to that, he served for nine years as chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Boston, has been a provost at the University of Maryland, dean at the University of Missouri, and has held faculty positions at the University of Iowa, Bryn Mawr College, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
Dr. Corrigan has supported WiRED's work since its inception in 1997, and he made the presentation speech at the ceremony where WiRED was awarded the UC Berkeley Public Health Hero Award in 2009. Currently, Dr. Corrigan serves on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Anchor Institutions Task Force, the National Cancer Institute's Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch Task Force and the Commission on Access, Diversity & Excellence of the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities. He is past chair of the Board of Directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the American Council on Education, Commission for Lifelong Learning, and California Campus Compact. He has also served on the Commission on Presidential Leadership and Global Competitiveness of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, and on the national board for Jumpstart, a program that helps prepare at-risk preschool students for success in elementary school.
Dr. Corrigan served as board chair of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. He also serves on the Mayor's Biotechnology Advisory Council and on the Mayor's Children, Youth, and Families Policy Council. A past member of the San Francisco Economic Development Corporation, the California Historical Society Board of Directors, and the Private Industry Council of San Francisco, he also served on Mayor Jordan's Blue Ribbon Budget Task Force and is a past co-chair of the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative/Annenberg Challenge.
Dr. Corrigan founded the Afro-American Studies program at the University of Iowa and published the first full-scale bibliography of Afro-American fiction. At President Bill Clinton's request, Dr. Corrigan chaired the Steering Committee of College and University Presidents for the "America Reads Challenge" and the "America Counts" initiative.
The recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Corrigan holds the 2009 San Francisco Business Times "Most Admired CEO" award; the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities; the Anti-Defamation League's Distinguished Community Service Award "in recognition of outstanding commitment to diversity, fairness, and social justice;" the Unsung Hero award from the Jewish Community Relations Council; the "Mensch Award" from the Northern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame; selection by the John Templeton Foundation as one of 50 Outstanding Leaders of American Colleges; selection by the Association of Urban Universities as a Distinguished Urban Fellow; and a number of honorary doctorates.
Dr. Corrigan earned his A.B. from Brown University and his master's and doctoral degrees in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. He brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to help advance WiRED's mission of bringing vital medical and healthcare education to developing and war-affected regions. WiRED is honored to welcome Dr. Corrigan to our governing Board.
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