Robert G. Bottoms was President of DePauw University

DePauw University

DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, USA, is a private, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the Great Lakes Colleges Association...

 from 1986 to June 30, 2008; he retired with $1.2 million in compensation, with total compensation in retirement totaling $2.3 million. He became president emeritus of the university and head of the new Janet Prindle Center for Ethics, serving until January 1, 2010. During Bottoms' presidency, enrollment at DePauw increased, as did its standing in national college and university rankings

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. The university endowment increased from $83.2 million to $521.9 million during his presidency.

Education

Dr. Bottoms earned a bachelor's degree

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 at Birmingham-Southern College

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, a bachelor of divinity degree at Emory University

Emory University

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, and a PhD

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 at Vanderbilt University

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Personal life

Dr. Bottoms is married

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to Gwen Vickers Bottoms; they have two children and two grandchildren.