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Steven and Jill McGovern Muller
Steven Muller, Johns Hopkins University president emeritus, and his wife, Jill McGovern, donated
a gift in fall 2008 to support the renovation and expansion of the Bologna Center. In appreciation
for their generosity, the office of the Steven Muller Professor was named in their honor.
Steven Muller was president of the Johns Hopkins University, serving from 1972 to 1990.
He came to the United States in 1940, and he has been a naturalized citizen of the U.S. since
1949. While serving as Vice President for Public Affairs of Cornell University, Muller played a
leading role in negotiating the end to the occupation of Willard Straight Hall by African American
students on April 20, 1969.
Muller's areas of expertise are comparative government and international relations, with
particular emphasis on political developments in Europe. He has authored a textbook and
numerous articles in this field.
Today Muller is co-chairman of the American Institute for the Contemporary German Studies
at the Johns Hopkins University and trustee of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
The Steven Muller Chair in German Studies was established in Steven Muller's honor at the
Bologna Center in recognition of Muller's dedication to the Center and to German-American
relations.
In 2008 Steven and Jill established the McGovern Muller fellowship which supports two
students each year, one in Bologna and one in Washington. |
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