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Preferred Citation:

Office of the President, Paul R. Verkuil Records, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 1988.096 received on 7/29/88 from the Office of the President; Acc. 1988.101 received on 8/11/88 from the Office of the President; Acc. 1989.097 received on 9/01/89 from the Office of the President; Acc. 1989.125 received on 6/26/89 from the Office of the President; Acc. 1990.052 received on 6/26/90 from the Office of the President; Acc. 1991.060 received on 7/22/91 from the Office of the President; Acc. 1992.026 received on 7/09/92 from the Office of the President; Acc. 1994.043 received on 3/16/94 from the Office of the President; Acc. 1994.050 received on 6/28/94 from the Office of the President; Acc. 2008.139 accessioned from the Special Collections Research Center.

Processing Information:

Acc. 2008.139 accessioned from the Special Collections Research Center 12/11/2008.

Biographical Information:

Paul R. Verkuil was the twenty-fourth president of the College of William and Mary, serving from July 1, 1985 until his resignation, effective January 7, 1992. Melvyn D. Schiavelli acted as interim president after Verkuil's resignation until Timothy J. Sullivan accepted the position. Verkuil's immediate predecessor as president was Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr. and interim president George R. Healy.

Verkuil attended William and Mary, graduating in 1961 with a degree in English literature. After serving in the United States Army, he earned his law dregree from the University of Virginia in 1967, a master's in law in 1969 from New York University, a masters in political science and economics from the New School for Social Research in 1971, and a doctorate in judicial science in 1972 from New York University. Before his return to Williamsburg, Verkuil was a law professor at the University of North Carolina from 1971 to 1977 and dean of the law school at Tulane University from 1978 to 1983. He has been a visiting professor at Duke University, the University of Indiana, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as dean and professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School of Yeshiva University and interim Dean of Law at the University of Miami.

An author of more than 60 articles on public law, Verkuil has also written several books, including Administrative Law and Process (Foundation Press, 4th ed.2004), Regulation and Deregulation (West Group, 2nd ed.2004), and Outsourcing Sovereignty: How Privatization of Government Functions Threatens Democracy And What We Can Do About It (Cambridge University Press, 2007). He has been the editor of the Virginia Law Review, the recipient of the NYU Founders Day Award for "Consistent evidence of outstanding schoalrship," and is a lifetime fellor of the American Bar Foundation and the American Law Institute.

Verkuil's interest in law reform has influenced his work in the public sector. He served as a chairman on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a member of the White House Council on Small Business. From 1992 to 1995, he was the CEO of the American Automobile Association (AAA). He was also Special Master to the U.S. Supreme Court on the New Jersey v. New York case concerning the soverignty of Ellis Island.

Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of files from the College of William and Mary Office of the President during the administration of Paul Verkuil. For the most part, headings assigned to folders in their office of origin have been maintained in the box list inventories available here.

Arrangement of Materials:

Portions of this collection may not be fully arranged and described. Contact a staff member for assistance.

Related Material

Acc. 1989.101: three 0.75" tapes of President Verkuil's inauguration in 1985. These are part of the Audio-Visual Collection.

Acc. 1989.118: a 0.75" tape of President Verkuil's first State of the College Address, 11/3/1987. This is part of the Audio-Visual Collection.

Acc. 1989.142: a VHS tape of the Southern Regional Educational Board meeting held 10/5/1989 at the Wren Building. The tape includes comments made by President Verkuil. This is part of the Audio-Visual Collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Associated and Branch Campuses--Virginia Associated Research Campus
• Athletics
• Charter Day
• College of William and Mary--History--20th century
• College of William and Mary--Presidents--Dwellings--History
• College of William and Mary. Board of Visitors
• College of William and Mary. College of Arts and Sciences
• College of William and Mary. Office of the President
• College of William and Mary. William and Mary Theatre
• Correspondence
• Development Office--Endowment Association
• Graduation (School)
• Marshall-Wythe School of Law
• Memorandums
• Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
• Order of the White Jacket
• President's House (Williamsburg, Va.)
• Reports
• Speeches
• State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
• Tercentenary of the College--1993
• Transcripts
• Verkuil, Paul R
• Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• WCWM (radio station : Williamsburg, Va.)
• William & Mary GALA (Gay and Lesbian Alumni/ae), Inc