Remembering Tom Kessinger, General Manager of Aga Khan Foundation

Remembering Tom KessingerTom Kessinger, 73, of Annapolis, Md., a former president of Haverford College who imbued campus life with his own Quaker roots and values, died Friday, July 4, at Anne Arundel Medical Center there.The college announced his death on its website, saying Dr. Kessinger had fallen two weeks ago and injured his head while playing tennis.Dr. Kessinger became the school’s 11th president in 1988 and stayed until 1996. Under his tenure, Founders Hall and other buildings on the Main Line campus received renovation.

[…] Dr. Kessinger left Haverford to be general manager of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Geneva, Switzerland, and, after five years, rose to become general manager of the Aga Khan Foundation. He retired last year and moved to Annapolis.

More Tom Kessinger, a former Haverford College president.

Also at http://www.fordfoundation.org/newsroom/news-from-ford/904

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