Penn President Amy Gutmann is a national advocate for affordable education, an architect of the Penn Compact 2022, and co-author of Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die.
The Penn Compact “expresses our boldest aspirations for higher education—a compact based on our shared understanding that ‘Divided we fail. United we flourish.’”
Dr. Gutmann works with the deans of Penn’s 12 schools and senior administrators across the University to establish and advance Penn’s highest strategic priorities.
Born 1880 in Dobbs Ferry, New York
Died 1955 in Little Deer Isle, Maine
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1903
M.A. in English, University of Pennsylvania, 1912
Ph.D. in English, University of Pennsylvania, 1916
Hon. LL.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1931
Instructor of English and Latin, City College, New York City, 1903-1911
Instructor of English, University of Pennsylvania, 1911-1917
Assistant Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, 1917-1924
Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, 1924-1950
Professor Emeritus, 1950-1955
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions, University of Pennsylvania, 1915-1921
Director of Undergraduate Admissions, 1921-1925
Vice Provost, 1925-1928
Vice Provost in charge of Undergraduate Schools, 1928-1931
Vice President in charge of Undergraduate Schools, 1931-1939
Provost, 1939-1944
Trustee, University of Pennsylvania, 1948-1955
Significant events in or aspects of University history during the McClelland administration:
1946: ENIAC, the world's first all-electronic digital computer, was designed, constructed and put into production at Penn
Biographical sketches of Penn Presidents (including Acting and Interim Presidents) and historically significant aspects of University history during each administration.