Edward M. Hundert

Hundert's official portrait
Hundert's official portrait

Edward M. Hundert was the president of Case Western Reserve University from Auguest 1, 2002 until September 1, 2006.

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[edit] Currently

Dr. Edward M. Hundert is currently Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School and a member of the boards of TIAA-CREF and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Dr. Hundert assumed his new faculty position with Harvard July 1, 2007. At Harvard Medical School, Dr. Hundert teaches the required first year "Medical Ethics and Professionalism" course and has responsibility for organizing medical ethics teaching across the curriculum.

[edit] Impact at Case

President Hundert’s impact on the university is embodied in Case’s comprehensive new vision, the development of which he led. Driven by this vision, Case strives to redefine the role of the research university in the twenty-first century. Under President Hundert’s leadership, Case began implementing the vision through programs such as SAGES (Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship), a new model for liberal learning. The small, interdisciplinary seminars are directed by faculty across the institution and outside of it, including President Hundert, who led a seminar every spring. Thanks to this program -- along with other investments in undergraduate life including the construction of seven new residential colleges and new athletics facilities -- undergraduate applications nearly doubled over the four years of Dr. Hundert's presidency.

On his inauguration day, President Hundert hosted, with Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell, the national symposium Great Universities and Their Cities, seeking stronger partnerships between universities and their host cities. Since then, he has led Case in an array of partnership initiatives, including one that has dramatically increased the number of minority- and women-owned businesses serving as contractors to Case. In October 2004, the Race at Case was a city-wide effort surrounding Case’s hosting of the 2004 Vice Presidential Debate on campus.

President Hundert served as a leader in the shaping of the powerful academic medical center built on Case’s affiliations with all the hospital systems in Cleveland. He was behind the creation of a new unified alumni organization for the university. He also recruited Provost Anderson and numerous deans during his presidency.

[edit] Life before Case

Prior to Case, President Hundert was professor of psychiatry and medical humanities and dean of the school of medicine and dentistry at the University of Rochester, serving there from 1997 to 2002. His academic career earlier included service on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, where he held appointments in the departments of psychiatry and medical ethics from 1984 to 1997.

In 1978, President Hundert received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and the history of science and medicine from Yale University. He attended Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar, earning a master’s degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. Later he earned the M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He completed a psychiatric residency at McLean Hospital in Massachusetts.

He has written numerous articles and chapters on a variety of topics in psychiatry, philosophy, medical ethics, and medical education, as well as two books: Philosophy, Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Three Approaches to the Mind (Oxford University Press, 1989), and Lessons from an Optical Illusion: On Nature and Nurture, Knowledge, and Values (Harvard University Press, 1995).

[edit] Resignation

On February 22, Lawrence Krauss initiated the procedure to have a vote of no confidence brought forth against Hundert and John Anderson, the Provost. On March 2, 2006, the College of Arts and Sciences voted 131-44, affirming the no confidence motion. Although the university faculty numbered over 1,200, Dr. Hundert resigned two weeks later, voicing his support for the faculty and his continued belief that CWRU is a great university that can become a national leader in higher education.

[edit] In the news



The person held the position of President of Case Western Reserve University from 2002 until 2006.



Preceded by:
James Wagner 		President of Case Western Reserve University
2002–2006 		Succeeded by:
Gregory L. Eastwood


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