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President Elizabeth Garrett died last night at Weill Cornell Medicine
after receiving treatment for colon cancer, the University announced
this morning. The thirteenth Cornell president and first female
president was 52.
“It is with utmost sadness that I write to inform you that our
president, colleague and friend, Elizabeth Garrett, passed away late
last evening after a brave battle with colon cancer,” the Chair of the
Board of Trustees Robert Harrison ’76 wrote in an email to the Cornell
community this morning. “There are few words to express the enormity of
this loss.”
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Source: The Cornell Daily Sun
Statement from Governor Andrew Cuomo
“I’m deeply saddened to learn of the passing
of Elizabeth Garrett. Throughout her accomplished career, and
especially as President of Cornell University, Elizabeth was a visionary
leader who was wholeheartedly committed to furthering the education and
growth of those around her. She devoted her life to creating a better
future for everyone, and she understood that in order to accomplish
that, part of her responsibility as a leader was to boldly challenge the
status quo. As the first woman to lead Cornell University as its
President, she lived that promise herself.
“Elizabeth’s passing is a great loss not
only for her University, but for our state. On behalf of all New
Yorkers, I offer my deepest condolences to all of her many friends and
loved ones.”
Source: Press Office, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
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