Thomas P. Gerrity

Thomas P. Gerrity (b. July 13, 1941) is the former dean of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania where he was also Joseph J. Aresty Professor of Management.

Gerrity earned his S.B. and S.M. in electrical engineering from MIT in 1963 and 1964 respectively. At MIT, he was also a wrestler. He attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, studying industrial economics. He earned his Ph.D. from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1970.

From 1970 to 1974, he split his time between serving on the Wharton faculty and the Index Group.

In addition to serving as dean of Wharton, Gerrity served as a member of the Board of Directors of Fannie Mae from September 1991 to December 2006 and as the Chairman of the Audit Committee from January 1999 to May 2006. He was also a board member at Sunoco beginning in 1990 and remaining through at least 2009.

Personal life Gerrity has four children with his wife Anna. , he lived in Haverford, Pennsylvania. He is a rock climber.