Lincoln College: Reception and talk with Ronald Crutcher President Emeritus
All welcome!
Please join the Rector as he welcomes President Emeritus Ronald A Crutcher for a reception and talk. President Emeritus Crutcher will be discussing his book ‘I Had No Idea You Were Black: Navigating Race on the Road to Leadership.’ There will be a drinks reception from 5-5:30pm in the Langford Room followed by a talk by President Emeritus Crutcher. We hope you will join us for an interesting and engaging evening. To book a ticket, please click here.
Ronald A. Crutcher, President Emeritus and University Professor, University of Richmond
Dr Ronald A Crutcher is President Emeritus and University Professor at the University of Richmond where he served as President from 2015-2021. He previously served as President of Wheaton College (MA) for ten years. He writes and speaks widely on the democratic purposes of higher education and free expression on college campuses. He is a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute and Vice President of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
During his 45-year career in higher education, Crutcher has consulted with higher education institutions, non-profit organisations, and corporations in the USA and abroad on issues related to organisational culture, especially bridging racial and cultural divides. His thematic memoir, I Had No Idea You Were Black: Navigating Race on the Road to Leadership, was published in February 2021.
Crutcher began studying cello at the age 15 with Professor Elizabeth Potteiger, a faculty member at Miami University; he won the Cincinnati Symphony Young Artist Competition at the age of 17. He is a former member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and several other symphonies. For almost forty years, he performed in the U.S. and Europe as a member of The Klemperer Trio. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in March 1985.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Iota of Ohio at Miami University(Ohio), he received a master’s and a doctoral degree from Yale University. He holds honorary degrees from Colgate University, Muhlenberg College, Randolph Macon College, Wheaton College(MA), University of Richmond, and the University of New England. Crutcher also speaks German and lived and worked in Germany for several years.
He has been married for 45 years to Dr Betty Neal Crutcher, a higher education consultant and professor. They have one daughter, Sara Crutcher Moore, who lives in Spain with her husband, Lieutenant Commander Daniel Moore.
