Biography
Thomas Ehrlich is an Adjunct Professor at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education. He has previously served as president of Indiana University, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and dean of Stanford Law School. He was also the first president of the Legal Services Corporation in Washington, DC, and the first director of the International Development Cooperation Agency, reporting to President Carter. He served as board chair of the Commission on National and Community Service, and board member of the Corporation for National and Community Service. He was also chair of the board of Campus Compact, and a founder of the American Democracy Project. After his tenure at Indiana University, he was a Distinguished University Scholar at California State University and taught regularly at San Francisco State University. From 2000 to 2010 he was a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Since 2010, he has been teaching at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education. He is author, co-author, or editor of 15 nonfiction books. His latest book, a memoir, Learn, Lead, Serve: A Civic Life, will be published in January 2025. He has written two novels. He has been a trustee of Bennett College, of Mills College, and of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, was law clerk for Judge Learned Hand, and holds five honorary degrees. He is also member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
