Inauguration of President Kurt Landgraf

Kurt M. Landgraf was inaugurated as the 29th president of Washington College on September 23. The public was invited to the inauguration, which marked the formal installation of Landgraf, who has been president since July 1. He came to Washington College with a decades-long résumé as a senior executive with DuPont (including serving as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chairman of DuPont Europe Middle East and Africa, Chairman and CEO of DuPont Pharmaceutical Company and CEO of DuPont Merck Company), and a 13-year tenure as President and CEO of ETS, one of the world’s leading providers of measurement programs and evaluations for schools, including both the K-12 and higher education communities.
In his inaugural address, Kurt M. Landgraf recounted how his own liberal arts education at Wagner College changed his life, and spoke of the enormity of responsibility educators hold to safeguard the future of our country. Teaching personal and social responsibility and the difference between right and wrong are imperative to upholding the pillars upon which our country is based: capitalism, democracy, and rule of law.