Ronald Liebowitz ’79 (Photo © 2015 Brett Simison)
Ronald Liebowitz ’79 was recently named the new president at Brandeis University. Liebowitz, who was honored by the Bucknell Alumni Association in 2014 with the “Achievement in a Chosen Profession” award, holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and geography from Bucknell, as well as a doctorate in geography from Columbia. He had been the president of Middlebury College since 2004 and is on sabbatical this year while working on a research project.