Bill Durden

Background

About Bill Durden

Dr. William G. Durden, the former president of Dickinson College, was named Chief Global Engagement of the International University Alliance. Prior to serving as president of Dickinson College from to 2013, Dr. Durden was a member of the German department at The Johns Hopkins University for 16 years and Executive Director of the Center for Talented Youth (CTY). Dr. Durden also served, during his Hopkins’ engagement, for 11 years as a senior education consultant to the U.S. Department of State, chaired the advisory committee on Exceptional Children and Youth, as dean of the emerging School of Business and Entrepreneurship, a joint venture of Bath Spa University (UK) and Shorelight Education. and chair of the advisory board of the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars. In 2001, Dr. Durden provided a tutorial to former U.K. Prime Minister, Tony Blair, regarding education in the United States. Dr. Durden has also studied internationally as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Basel in Switzerland, the University of Munster and the University of Freiburg in Germany. He currently also holds a joint appointment as research professor in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins and is an operating partner of Sterling Partners as well as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Columbia College Hollywood (LA).