WALTER HARRISON is president emeritus of the University of Hartford, where he led the University from 1998 until his retirement in 2017. His academic interest is in baseball and its place in American culture. Recognized as a baseball historian, he focuses on aspects of baseball that reflect on American values and concerns. From 2002-2012 he was a member of NCAA governance, chairing the executive committee (now called the board of governors), the committee on academic performance (now called the committee on academics), and President’s Council. In 2014 he received the NCAA President’s Gerald R. Ford Award, the NCAA’s highest honor, for his lifetime involvement in intercollegiate athletics and specifically for his leadership of the academic reform movement. From 2014-2022 he served on the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, the foremost watchdog organization in college sports.