Richard L. Morrill

Richard L. Morrill
Morrill in his office at Centre in 1984
8th President of the University of Richmond
In office September 30, 1988 – June 30, 1998
Preceded by	E. Bruce Heilman
Succeeded by	William E. Cooper
18th President of Centre College
In office 1982–1988
Preceded by	Thomas A. Spragens
Succeeded by	Michael F. Adams
16th President of Salem College
In office 1979–1982
Preceded by	Merrimon Cuninggim
Succeeded by	Thomas V. Litzenburg Jr.
Personal details
Born	(1939-06-04) June 4, 1939 (age 85) Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse	Martha Leahy ​ (m. 1964)​
Education	Brown University (B.A.) Yale University (B.Div.) Duke University (Ph.D.)

Richard Leslie Morrill (born June 4, 1939) is an American educator and former academic administrator who is the chancellor of the University of Richmond. He was president of Salem College, Centre College, and the University of Richmond between 1979 and 1998. He also currently holds the position of distinguished university professor of ethics and democratic values at Richmond.

Richard Leslie Morrill^[1] was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, on June 4, 1939.^[2] He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Brown University in 1961, graduating magna cum laude. He earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree in religious thought from Yale University in 1964 and a Ph.D. in religion from the Duke University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, where he was named a James B. Duke Fellow.^[2][3]

Morrill began his career in academia when he joined the faculty at Wells College in Aurora, New York, in 1967.^[3] Afterwards taught at Chatham College—now Chatham University—in Pittsburgh.^[2] He was appointed to his first position in administration at Chatham as executive assistant to president Edward D. Eddy^[2][4] and later associate provost.^[3] In 1977, he became executive assistant to the provost at Pennsylvania State University while also holding a faculty position as associate professor of religion. He remained at Penn State for two years before his election as president of Salem College, a private women's liberal arts college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1979.^[2]

He was president of Salem for three years before taking the presidency of another liberal arts school, Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he stayed from 1982 to 1988.^[2] He left Centre to take the presidency of the University of Richmond and remained in that position for ten years. Upon leaving Richmond's presidency, he became the school's chancellor and was titled distinguished university professor of ethics and democratic values.^[5]

Morrill married Martha Leahy in New Haven, Connecticut, on June 27, 1964.^[6] They have two children.^[3]

• History of the University of Richmond: People: Dr. Richard L. Morrill
• Centre College Presidents - Richard L. Morrill