Mission Statement
Vanderbilt University is a center for scholarly research, informed and creative teaching, and service to the community and society at large. Vanderbilt will uphold the highest standards and be a leader in the
- quest for new knowledge through scholarship,
- dissemination of knowledge through teaching and outreach,
- creative experimentation of ideas and concepts.
In pursuit of these goals, Vanderbilt values most highly
- Intellectual freedom that supports open inquiry,
- equality, compassion and excellence in all endeavors.
Officers
Chancellor
Members
Community Members
Trustees Emeriti
- Mary Beth Adderley (La Jolla, CA)
- Michael L. Ainslie (West Palm Beach, FL)
- Lee M. Bass (Fort Worth, TX)
- Darryl D. Berger (New Orleans, LA)
- Dennis C. Bottorff (Nashville, TN)
- Shirley M. Collado, Ph.D. (Oakland, CA)
- Thomas F. Cone (Nashville, TN)
- Cecil D. Conlee (Atlanta, GA)
- Mark F. Dalton (Palm Beach, FL)
- Claiborne P. Deming (El Dorado, AR)
- Joanne F. Hayes (Gulf Stream, FL)
- Jay C. Hoag (Menlo Park, CA)
- Martha R. Ingram (Nashville, TN)
- J. Hicks Lanier (Atlanta, GA)
- Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C. (Notre Dame, IN)
- Kathleen Justice-Moore (Palo Alto, CA)
- Jackson W. Moore (Memphis, TN)
- Courtney Clark Pastrick (Chevy Chase, MD)
- David W. Patterson, M.D. (Washington, D.C.)
- Ross Perot, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
- Joe L. Roby (New York, NY)
- Robert C. Schiff, Jr., M.D. (Cincinnati, OH)
- Eugene B. Shanks, Jr. (Nashville, TN)
- Richard H. Sinkfield (Atlanta, GA)
- Alexander C. Taylor (Atlanta, GA)
- Cal Turner, Jr. (Brentwood, TN)
- Dudley Brown White (Nashville, TN)
- Rebecca Webb Wilson (Memphis, TN)
- William M. Wilson (Nashville, TN)
Code of Bylaws
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Contact Us
Board of Trust
Phone: (615) 322-1813
boardoftrust@vanderbilt.edu