Robert W. Iuliano is an American attorney and academic administrator serving as the 15th president of Gettysburg College. Previously, he worked as the senior vice president, general counsel, and deputy to the president at Harvard University.

Early life and education

Iuliano was born in Watertown, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University and earned a

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from the

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Career

Upon graduating law school, he held a

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and worked as a federal prosecutor before joining the counsel's office at Harvard University. In addition to his administrative role at Harvard, Iuliano taught various seminar classes at the

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. In January 2019, Gettysburg College announced that Iuliano would succeed

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to become the college's 15th president. He assumed office in July 2019. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania, Iuliano designated a one-week lockdown period for all students at Gettysburg College in September 2020. Iuliano also required all upperclassmen to return home for the fall semester, being the first American college to implement such a measure.

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Gettysburg College Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iuliano, Robert Heads of universities and colleges in the United States Living people Gettysburg College Harvard University alumni University of Virginia School of Law alumni Year of birth missing (living people) People from Watertown, Massachusetts