Ex-Barnard President to Take Reins at Teagle Foundation

The Teagle Foundation, which supports higher education in the arts and sciences, has appointed former Barnard College leader Judith R. Shapiro its new president, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

Ms. Shapiro, who served as Barnard’s president from 1994 to 2008, will take office at the New York-based foundation on July 1, replacing the current president, Richard L. Morrill. A Teagle board member since late 2009, she was serving on the foundation’s presidential search committee but was persuaded by colleagues to become a candidate for the job.

“Judith is astute, witty, hard to fool, and an educator through and through,” said Andrew Delbanco, a Columbia University humanities professor and Teagle board member. “The Teagle Foundation is extremely lucky to have her as its new leader at a time when all who believe in liberal education can use all the friends they can get.”