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TrusteesJohn Burris, Ph.D.John Burris has served as the 10th President of Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin since August, 2000. Beloit College is a residential, international liberal arts college with 1,300 students from 48 states and 54 nations. It is ranked among the most international colleges in the country and is one of the leading institutions in the U.S. in the preparation of undergraduates who continue on to receive their doctorates. Prior to his presidency at Beloit, Dr. Burris was director and CEO of
the world-renowned Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole on Cape
Cod from 1992 to 2000. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in biology
from Harvard University in 1971, attended the University of Wisconsin
at Madison in an M.D.-Ph.D. program, and earned his Ph.D. in marine biology
from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California
at San Diego in 1976. Last update: 4-14-08 The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study |