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Timothy J. Sullivan
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'''Timothy Jackson Sullivan''' was the [[List of presidents of the College of William and Mary|twenty-fifth president]] of [[The College of William and Mary]] in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]].

==College years==
Sullivan’s life has long been intimately linked with William & Mary.  He first came to the college as a freshman from [[Ohio]] in 1962. He left four years later with a bachelor’s degree in government, a [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] key, and an election to a second academic honor society, [[Omicron Delta Kappa]].  His wife, Anne Doubet Klare, was a fellow member of the class of 1966. Like many William & Mary alumni, they were married in the chapel of the Sir Christopher [[Wren Building]].

==Harvard Law School and Vietnam==
After receiving a degree from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1969, Sullivan went on to serve in the [[U.S. Army Signal Corps]] in [[Vietnam]], where he received the [[Army Commendation Medal]], First [[Oak Leaf Cluster]] and [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]].  Sullivan came back to William & Mary in 1972 as an assistant professor at the [[Marshall-Wythe School of Law]]. There, hHe specialized in teaching contract law. Shortly thereafter Sulliv  and became an associate law professor in 1974, thenand full professor and associate dean in 1977.   

==U.S. Senator advisor==
Sullivan became closely associated with the Dean of the Law School, [[William B. Spong, Jr.|William Spong]], a highly–respected former [[United States Senator|U.S. Senator]] from Virginia. In 1972, Spong was defeated by a well–funded [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate after word leaked out that Spong supported the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]ic nominee and peace candidate, [[George McGovern]], fo(contracted; show full)[[Category:Living people]]
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