Daniel Mark Fogel

Daniel Mark Fogel is President of the University of Vermont, located in Burlington, Vermont, a post he has held since July 2002. A native of Columbus, Ohio, he was raised in Ithaca, New York, graduated from Ithaca High School in 1965 and received a Bachelors degree in English from Cornell University in 1969, as well as a MFA in creative writing and a Ph.D. in English. He is a poet, a scholar of English and American literature, and founded the Hen... more

Daniel Mark Fogel is President of the University of Vermont, located in Burlington, Vermont, a post he has held since July 2002. A native of Columbus, Ohio, he was raised in Ithaca, New York, graduated from Ithaca High School in 1965 and received a Bachelors degree in English from Cornell University in 1969, as well as a MFA in creative writing and a Ph.D. in English. He is a poet, a scholar of English and American literature, and founded the Henry James Review and the Henry James Society. Fogel is married to Rachel Kahn, a painter, and they have two children. In July 2006, Fogel suffered from acute pancreatitis and was rushed to Fletcher Allen Health Care, the main Burlington hospital. He was released on July 28, 2006. During his recovery, former Provost and Senior Vice President John Bramley functioned as acting president of the University of Vermont. In an editorial published in the January 1 edition of the newspaper, the Burlington Free Press named University of Vermont President... less