Amy Gutmann

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Amy Gutmann
Amy Gutmann in 2023
United States Ambassador to Germany
In office February 17, 2022 – July 13, 2024
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Richard Grenell
8th President of the University of Pennsylvania
In office July 1, 2004 – February 8, 2022
Preceded by	Judith Rodin
Succeeded by	M. Elizabeth Magill
Provost of Princeton University
In office 2001–2004
Preceded by	Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Succeeded by	Christopher L. Eisgruber
Personal details
Born	(1949-11-19) November 19, 1949 (age 75) New York City, U.S.
Spouse	Michael W. Doyle ​ (m. 1976)​
Children	Abigail
Education	Harvard University (BA, PhD) London School of Economics (MSc)
Academic background
Thesis	The Egalitarian Tradition (1976)
Academic work
Discipline	Political science
Sub-discipline	Bioethics Political theory
School or tradition	Liberalism
Institutions	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
Amy Gutmann's voice Gutmann's opening statement at her confirmation hearing to be United States ambassador to Germany Recorded December 14, 2021

Amy Gutmann (/ˈɡʌtmən/; born November 19, 1949) is an American academic and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Germany from 2022 to 2024. She was previously the president of the University of Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2022, the longest-serving president in the history of the University of Pennsylvania. She currently serves as the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.^[1]

In 2018, Fortune magazine named Gutmann one of the "World's 50 Greatest Leaders".^[2] She previously worked at Princeton as provost and Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics. She also founded Princeton's ethics center, the University Center for Human Values. Her published works are in the fields of politics, ethics, education, and philosophy.