Theodore E. Long is the former
president of
Elizabethtown College. Long became president in 1996, and he retired in 2011. Prior to becoming president of Elizabethtown, Long served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at
Merrimack College in
North Andover, Massachusetts.
Long is a 1965 graduate of
Capital University
Capital University (Capital, Cap, or CU) is a private university in Bexley, Ohio. Capital was founded as the Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio in 1830, and later was associated with that synod's successor, the Ame ...
where he majored in sociology and philosophy. He earned a master's degree in sociology from
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
in 1968 and doctoral degree in sociology from the
University of Virginia in 1979. He specializes in sociology and philosophy.
Long is a member of the Board of Trustees at Capital University.
Long and his wife, Betty Long, retired to
Rockland, Maine.
References
Presidents of Elizabethtown College
University of Virginia alumni
Capital University alumni
Living people
Duke University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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