Stephen D. Schutt (born 1954) was the 13th president of

Lake Forest College Lake Forest College is a private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Lind University by a group of Presbyterian ministers, the college has been coeducational since 1876 and an undergraduate-focused liberal arts i ...

, serving from 2001 to 2022. Before joining Lake Forest, Schutt served as Vice President & Chief of Staff at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

. Schutt began his career as a journalist, practiced law with a large Philadelphia firm, supervised a 5,000-employee agency as Deputy Secretary for the

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Department of Labor and Industry, and served as Chief of Staff to United States Senator

Harris Wofford Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. (April 9, 1926 – January 21, 2019) was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and Democratic Party politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1991 to 1995. A noted advocate of na ...

. At the University of Pennsylvania, Schutt was the principal author and coordinator of the University's strategic plan; supervisor of its budget, planning, affirmative action, and communications operations; co-director of its initiative to revitalize West Philadelphia; and principal advisor to the President. On June 25, 2021, Schutt announced he would retire following the end of the 2021-22 academic term. Schutt planned to serve as president emeritus of Lake Forest College until December 2022 before fully retiring.

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