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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 29
National Constitution Center Names Hiram E. Chodosh CEO as 250th Anniversary Planning Looms for 2037
Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Oct 29

National Constitution Center Names Hiram E. Chodosh CEO as 250th Anniversary Planning Looms for 2037

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 29

Summary

  • Hiram E. Chodosh, former Claremont McKenna College president, will take over in January as the National Constitution Center’s next president and chief executive.
  • The appointment fills the center’s first permanent leadership vacancy since Jeffrey Rosen left in January after a management dispute with the board; Rosen keeps the title of chief executive emeritus.
  • Vince Stango, who has been serving as interim president, will become deputy chief executive and co-president under the new structure.
  • Chodosh arrives with a 13-year record at Claremont McKenna that included free-speech initiatives and a nearly $1.1 billion fundraising campaign.
  • The Philadelphia-based nonprofit, created by Congress in 1988, is closing out Declaration of Independence 250th-anniversary events and shifting toward the Constitution’s 250th in 2037.

Insights

Can Hiram Chodosh turn the National Constitution Center’s post-anniversary moment into a civic decade of real constitutional learning?
Why did the Constitution Center choose a college leader known for civil dialogue to guide its path toward 2037 and beyond?