Dr. 加里·H. Quehl 60

2022 Recipient of the Distinguished 校友 Award for Professional Achievement College of Education and Human Services

Dr. 加里·H. Quehl 60 has played a major role in advancing the welfare and interests of independent colleges and 大学 nationwide and is a pioneering example of an alumnus living out Carroll’s mission of lifelong learning. Quehl’s 26 year career in higher education has been characterized by high energy, 富有远见的领导, 还有创新的天赋.

On completing his masters and doctoral degrees, Quehl became director of institutional research at Wittenberg University (Ohio) and assistant professor of philosophy. 在那里, he also designed and directed one of the nation’s first Upward Bound programs to help prepare disadvantaged youth for higher education. He was then asked to orchestrate a regional Ford Foundation program to recruit and retain minority college students. During this early stage of his career, Quehl also co-directed the nation’s first statewide study of private higher education that helped to foster the creation of 47 state associations of independent colleges and 大学 now found across the country.

After serving at Lindenwood College as academic vice-president and dean of faculty, Quehl became President of the College Center of the Finger Lakes, a consortium of private colleges and 大学 in Upstate New York; his accomplishments there attracted the attention of the Council of Independent 大学 (CIC), 在华盛顿, DC. Quehl would then serve as CIC President for 12 years leading numerous projects, including undergraduate curriculum reform and a national education campaign (Small 大学 Can Help You Make it Big), with President Ronald Regan as honorary chair. Under his leadership—and those presidents who followed him—CIC has become the largest and most reputable organization of private colleges and 大学 in the country.

Quehl was then elected President of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). 他和他的工作人员动员了超过1人,000年教育, 业务, 基金会, and political leaders to plan and implement the first national public relations initiative between higher education and the American public. That effort resulted in the widespread distribution of his national study, Higher Education and the Public Interest. 在CASE时, Quehl was also instrumental in establishing an office to bring fund raising and public relations services to colleges and 大学 in Australia, 加拿大, 和欧洲.

Following his leadership posts at CIC and CASE, Quehl established a national firm in San Francisco to serve colleges and 大学. He consulted with campuses in the areas of fundraising, 战略规划, 板的开发, 学术课程评估, 教师发展, 招生管理. His clients included such institutions as the University of Wisconsin, 华盛顿和杰斐逊学院, and the California State University System Board of Trustees.

Quehl has made numerous contributions as a writer and public speaker. 他写过, 合著, edited and published more than 32 books and articles in the fields of philanthropy, 公共事务, and higher education; his most recent include The Sages Among Us (the result of a two-year study of community leaders in Grass Valley and Nevada City, CA)和那本书的续集, 繁殖. 也, he served on 50 boards during a 45-year period, led leadership seminars for non-profit and for-profit organizations, and was a senior fundraiser in helping colleges, 大学, and nonprofit organizations to raise over $300 million in philanthropic support.

Quehl holds a bachelor’s degree from 博天堂官方入口登陆登录 in elementary education and earned a master’s degree and interdisciplinary doctorate in philosophy, 政治科学, and higher education administration from Indiana University. He was recognized by his graduate school alma mater in 1988 as recipient of IU’s School of Education Distinguished 校友 Award. He also has been awarded four honorary degrees, was listed in Who’s Who in America, and early in his career was selected by Change Magazine as one of 100 young leaders in American higher education.

In addition, Quehl served on the Carroll Board of Trustees from 1971-1987. His brother, Mark '66 and sister-in-law Claudia (Judd) '67 Quehl are also Carroll graduates. He lives in Grass Valley, CA, with his wife, Bonnie and has two adult children, Catherine and Scott.