Doug Bennett, recently received the Integrity Award at the annual University of Colorado Involvement Awards which recognize outstanding leadership and engagement. The Integrity Award honors a faculty member on the Boulder campus who represents the ideals and values expressed in the CU Honor Code and has demonstrated consistent dedication to teaching or living the virtues of academic integrity. The winner must hold high moral character and consistently work to enhance the culture. This year’s winner epitomizes the values represented by the Integrity Award.
Doug has been teaching at Leeds since 2012 at the undergraduate and graduate levels. As an Airborne Ranger Infantry officer earned the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. He also spent time in the Federal government as an Assistant to the President in the White House and later as the General Counsel of the Department of Education. Doug practiced law as a partner in a national law firm before becoming an entrepreneur and commercial real estate hotel developer and owner. “The award for integrity represents a quality that I consider a life and leadership imperative. I am honored to receive the award,” commented Doug Bennett.