About

A writer, editor, ethicist, and historian, Gary Hauk served in the President’s Office of Emory University for more than thirty years, working with four Emory presidents as vice president and secretary of the University and later as deputy and then senior adviser to the president.

He has taught freshman English, ethics, and the history of the university. His most recent book, Emory as Place: Meaning in a University Landscape (University of Georgia Press), blends personal memoir, history, and archival photography.

Gary earned his PhD in religion from the Laney Graduate School at Emory and holds BA and MA degrees in English from Lehigh University and a divinity degree from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio.

Since retiring from Emory in January 2020, he has continued to work as a freelance editor and writer and is past chair of the board of the Georgia Humanities Council.

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