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{{for|the ''New York Post'' deputy Sports Editor|Tim J. Sullivan}}
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{{Infobox University President
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| university    = The College of William & Mary
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==Accolades and other appointments==
Sullivan was given the Freedom of the Drapers’ Company in London in November 1992 and was installed as a member of the Livery in July, 2003;at the same time ,he was made a Freeman of the City of London . In April 1993 he received an 
LLD (hon.)honorary LLD from the [[University of Aberdeen]as well as LLD(hon] degrees from ] and has been similarly honored by [[Old Dominion University]](2005), [[Centre College(Ky)]](2007) and [[Christopher Newport University]](2008). He received the Outstanding Virginian Award from the Virginia [[4-H]] Foundation in 1999.  Active in public servic, possessed of a family background in public affairs in Ohio, Sullivan has been executive director of the Governor’s Commission on Virginia’s Future, counsel for the Commission on the Future of the Virginia Judicial System, a member of the Virginia Board of Education and the Governor’s Task Force on Substance Abuse and Sexual Assault on Campus. In addition, he was appointed by Governor [[L. Douglas Wilder]] as chair of the Governor’s Task Force on Intercollegiate and Interscholastic Athletics.  

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. He currently serves on thhe Boards of The mariners Museum and of Corinthian Colleges Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of The National Portrait Gallery  (Smithsonian Institution) in Washington, D>C>.C.

==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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