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After 19 years as president of The George Washington University, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg '59 is ready for new challenges. - Columbia College Today, July/August 2007
A week after Stephen Joel Trachtenberg '59 graduated from Columbia, he ran into legendary history professor James P. Shenton '49 walking across campus. Gazing into his crystal ball, as he was wont to do, Shenton said he didn't see his young Yale Law School-bound charge making a career of the legal profession. Instead, Trachtenberg recalls Shenton saying, "For you, I predict you'll end up in prison, in Congress or as a university president."
He never made it to Congress, but this summer, Trachtenberg steps down after 19 years as president of The George Washingtn University. He helped build the Washington, D.C. school into a highly competitive, heavily endowed and highly ranked center of higher learning. This achievement came on the heels of a successful 11-year run as president of the Unviersity of Hartford.
Not bad for a kid from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. But for those who know Trachtenberg, not surprisiing, either...
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