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Dick began his term as 12th president of Colorado College in July 2002. Prior to joining CC, he served as the United States ambassador to India. His public service experience also includes two terms as governor of Ohio, service as director of the United States Peace Corps, and one term as lieutenant governor of Ohio. Equally at ease in the private sector, Dick was a managing partner of Celeste and Sabety Ltd., an economic development consultancy. Active in academia before arriving at CC, Dick was a Rhodes scholar and Yale graduate who has taught urban economics at John Carroll University and has served as a visiting fellow in public policy at Case Western University.
He currently is chair of the board of trustees of the Health Effects Institute in Boston, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a lifetime national associate of the National Academies. He is a board member of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), the president of Colorado Springs Downtown Partnership and an advisory board member of the Institute of International Education (IIE).
Education
- Yale University 1969
Carnegie Teaching Fellow in History
- Oxford University/Exeter College, Oxford, England 1961-1962
Rhodes Scholar – Conducted research for BPhil
- Yale University 1959
Positions Held
- President, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO (2002-Present)
- US Ambassador to India, New Delhi (1997-2001)
- Managing Partner, Celeste and Sabety Ltd., an economic development consultancy, Columbus/Cleveland, OH (1991-1997)
- Governor of Ohio (1982-1990)
- Director of US Peace Corps, Washington, DC (1979-1981)
- Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1974-1978)
- State Representative, Columbus, OH (1970-1974)
- Officer with National Housing Consultants, Cleveland, OH (1967-1974)
- Executive Assistant to US Ambassador to India, New Delhi (1963-1967)
Board Service
Current:
- Leadership Council of ServiceNation:, Advisory Board Member (2008-present)
- Glimcher Realty Trust, Trustee, (2007-present)
- Garden City Company, Director, (2007-present)
- National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities, Board Member (2006-08)
- Health Effects Institute, Chair Board of Trustees (elected 4/2001 to succeed Archibald Cox)
- Institute of International Education, Advisory Board Member (2003-present)
Previous:
- BP Oil, Cleveland, OH, Member of Northern American Advisory Board (1994-1997)
- Republic Engineered Steels, Massillon, OH, Director (1994-1997)
- Navistar International, Chicago, IL, Director (1993-1997)
- American Council on Education, Board Member (2004-2008)
- Carnegie Corporation of New York, Board Member (1994-1997)
- Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, Member (1994-1997)
- AFS Intercultural Programs, Board Member (1992-1997)
- Habitat for Humanity International, Board Member (1991-1997)
Community Service
Current:
- Colorado Springs Downtown Partnership, President, 2008
- Colorado Forum, Denver, CO (2002-present)
- Air Force Academy Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO (2002-present)
- Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce Campaign, Co-Chair (2008-present)
- National Academies Policy and Global Affairs Committee (2006-present)
- National Academies Science, Technology and Law Committee (2006-present)
Previous:
- NCAA Presidential Task Force on the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics (2005-2006)
- Colorado Economics Future Panel, member (2004-2005)
- Pacific Council on International Policy Task Force for Study on India, Co-Chair (2003-2004)
- Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable at the National Academy of Sciences (Chair 1993-1997; Member 1989-1997)
- The Leadership Institute, University of Southern California, Member Advisory Board (1992-1997)
- National Governors Association Committee on Science and Technology, Chair (1988-1990)
- Great Lakes Governors Association, Member and Chair
Memberships
- Morys, New Haven, CT
- The Elizabethan Club, New Haven, CT
- Council on Foreign Relations, New York Yale Club of New York
Honors
- Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha 2006 Speaker of the Year Award
- National Associate of The National Academies (lifetime appointment)
- Visiting Fellow in Public Policy, Case Western Reserve University (1995-1997)
- Rhodes Scholar (1960)
- Hatch Prize, Yale University (1959)
- Phi Beta Kappa
Personal
- Married to Jacqueline Lundquist. Son Sam is eleven. Six grown children by his first marriage.
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