Last updated on:
10/7/2010 |
Author: ProCon.org
John McCardell, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Professor Emeritus, Middlebury College
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age?"
- Reasoning:
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“The drinking age has effectively banished alcohol from public places and public view. But it has done little to reduce drinking…
Supporters of the law continue to urge abstinence and enforcement. Such an approach makes no allowance for human judgement or discretion…”
“Rethinking the Drinking Age of 21,” Guardian, Aug. 22, 2008
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor Emeritus, Middlebury College, 2004-present
- President, Sewanee, University of the South, 2010-present
- Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Episcopal High School, 2010
- Board Member, Community Financial Services Group, 2010
- Board Member, National Civil War Museum, 2010
- President, Middlebury College, 1992-2004
- Scholar-in-Residence, University of South Carolina, 2002
- Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Southern Studies, University of South Carolina, 1980-1981, 1995-1996
- Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Middlebury College, 1989-1991
- Dean of Faculty, Middlebury College, 1988-1989
- Dean for Academic Planning, Middlebury College, 1985-1988
- Professor, Middlebury College, 1976-1985
- Chair, NCAA Division III Presidents Council
- Founder, Amethyst Initiative
- Founder, Chooseresponsibility.org
- Education:
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- PhD, History, Harvard University, 1976
- BA, Washington and Lee University, and Johns Hopkins University, 1973
- Other:
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- Member, Founders Award Committee, Confederate Memorial Literary Society
- Member, Vermont Business Roundtable
- Quoted in:
- Pro & Con Quotes: Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age?