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BIOGRAPHY Robert Oden was born in Vermillion , South Dakota . He graduated '' Magna Cum Laude '' and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University . He then earned a second bachelor's degree and a master's from Cambridge University and a master's in theology and a Ph.D. in near Eastern languages and literatures from Harvard. He served on the faculty of Dartmouth College as a professor of religion from 1972 to 1989 , where he was the first recipent of Dartmouth's Distinguished Teaching Prize. Oden then served in administrative positions, first as headmaster of The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville , Connecticut from 1989 to 1995 , and afterwards as president of Kenyon College from 1995 to 2002 , when he accepted the presidency at Carleton College. He also currently holds a faculty appointment in the religion department at Carleton. He said of his decision to come to Carleton, referring to his childhood just across the border from Minnesota : "Perhaps all Americans have come to know parts of this great country in which we feel special comfort and a sense of being at home; it is this that has meant for and my wife Carleton College’s special appeal.” [http://www1.kenyon.edu/publications/fortnightly/02/0211/] Oden is a longtime recreational runner who enjoys the trails of Northfield's Cowling Arboretum, and is also an avid Fly-fisherman . He and his wife Teresa Johnson reside in Nutting House. REFERENCES |
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