Richard G. Jewell was the eighth president of

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, a Christian liberal arts college in

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, United States. The 1967 Grove City graduate assumed the presidency in fall of 2003 after a successful career in law and business. He left his position in 2014 and was succeeded by Paul J. McNulty. In June 2015, he was appointed to a two-year term as commissioner of the

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by Speaker of the

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. Immediately before becoming President of Grove City College, Jewell was the Pittsburgh director of Navigant Consulting Inc., the nation's largest forensic accounting firm. Jewell is known throughout the

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region for his leadership in numerous civic groups. Prior to assuming the presidency, Jewell was also very involved in Pennsylvania politics and held the position of finance chairman for the

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Republican Party. As a student at Grove City, Jewell served as the Student Government Association President and Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper, while also winning multiple varsity swimming championships. Jewell also was a member of the Kappa Alpha Phi fraternity. Jewell capped off his time at Grove City in 1967 when he was selected as

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's Man of the Year and graduated with honors in

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. After he completed his undergraduate degree, Jewell earned his J.D. from the

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. In 1989, he was inducted into the college's Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame.

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