Title: Records of the Office of the President: Gerald N. Tirozzi, 1988-1994
Arrangement
Series I: Biographical, 1988-1994
Contains newspaper clippings concerning Tirozzi's appointment as President of Wheelock College, and a press release announcing Tirozzi's resignation.
Series II: Professional Work, 1992-1993
Documents Tirozzi’s professional work at Wheelock College. Contains information relating to Tirozzi's writings, and records created in his role as President of Wheelock College. The series is divided into two sub-series.
Subseries 1: Writings, 1992
Contains Tirozzi’s writings on children and on the state of Wheelock College. Check the Wheelock College Library Catalog at http://www.wheelock.edu/library for other writings by Tirozzi.
Subseries 2: Wheelock College Administrative, 1992-1993
Documents some of Tirozzi’s work at Wheelock College. Contains information relating to the Strategic Planning Report, the Strategic Planning Guide, and related correspondence as well as the Vision Statement. Also contains one folder of memoranda written by Tirozzi while he served as President of Wheelock College.
Administrative/Biographical History
Gerald N. Tirozzi became the eleventh President of Wheelock College in 1991. Previously, Tirozzi served as the State Commissioner of Education in Connecticut and as Superintendent of Schools in New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from Southern Connecticut State University and was awarded a certificate of advanced study by Fairfield University and a Ph.D. by Michigan State University. During his tenure at Wheelock, faculty salaries increased, and Wheelock formed a Committee on Race and Racism to further campus commitment to multiculturalism. Notably, Tirozzi reallocated funds earmarked for his inauguration to create three scholarships for students. Tirozzi left Wheelock in 1993 to spend more time working on public policy issues relating to urban education.
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