Ted Lutz '67

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Ted Lutz, Class of 1967, earned a master's of public administration from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University in 1968.

While a student at Carleton he was known as a baseball fanatic, a Rotblatt star, and a long term friend of Schiller. He was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award from the College in 1987.

Lutz is the Vice President of Communications for The Washington Post. He joined The Post in 1981.

Before joining The Post, Lutz was appointed by former President Jimmy Carter to serve as administrator of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration in the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1979 to 1981. Prior to that, from 1976 to 1979, he was the general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (METRO) where he oversaw the completion and opening of the METRO subway system. From 1973 to 1976 he was deputy undersecretary for budget and program review at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Lutz is a trustee of the Philip L. Graham Fund and has served as a community advisor to the Junior League of Northern Virginia for more than a decade. He is a member of the board of directors for both the American Press Institute and Green Door, a District of Columbia non-profit organization that prepares people with severe and persistent mental illness to work and live independently. Lutz was a trustee of the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation from 1983 to 1995 and was chair of the foundation from 1993 - 1995. He was honored as a 1978 Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine. Philip L. Graham Fund web site