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{{Infobox University President
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| university    = The College of William & Mary
| term_start    = April 9, 1992
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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]]. He specialized in teaching contract law and became an associate law professor in 1974, and 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]], for president rather than the Republican candidate [[Richard Nixon]]. Nixon had carried Virginia in every election in which he was on the  ballot. Spong then became dean of William & Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law and presided over its major expansion.  

==Return to William & Mary Law School==
In 1981 and 1982, Sullivan was a visiting law professor at the [[University of Virginia School of Law]]. He returned to Marshall-Wythe in 1984 as the John Stewart Bryan Professor of Jurisprudence, after serving for nearly three years as executive assistant for policy for then-Governor [[Charles S. Robb]].  Observers noted that Robb, whose subsequent record in the U.S. Senate few viewed as strong, never looked better or achieved more support for his decisions tha(contracted; show full)

Sullivan is a member of the [[Virginia State Bar]] and the Ohio State Bar and a Fellow of the Virginia Bar Foundation and the [[American Bar Foundation]]. He served as Chair of the Governing Board of the Virginia Council of University Presidents.
  

==Retirement==
In 2004 he announced his retirement. On July 1, 2005, he was succeeded by [[Gene Nichol]], former dean of the law school at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]], and a former member of Sullivan's faculty at William & Mary's law school.  On November 1, 2006, Sullivan accepted the position of president and CEO of the historic [[Mariners' Museum]], in [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News]], Virginia. He resigned from the position in 2009.
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