UPDATE: I thought it was funny enough that Yeshiva University President Richard Joel was nominated for MSNBC’s Boomer Hall of Fame (for Religion & Education), but get this: In fan voting, he’s leading the pack by a country mile.
You need to vote to see the up to the minute tally, but here’s the current count:
Richard Joel, Yeshiva University president – 35%
Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Atlanta – 2.3%
T.D. Jakes, minister – 2.9%
Susan Hockfield, MIT president – 6.1%
Sandy Kress, force behind No Child Left Behind – 6.6%
Joel Osteen, minister – 5.4%
Margaret Spellings, secretary of Education – 2.4%
Larry Summers, former Harvard president – 4.1%
Rick Warren, minister – 7.3%
Tom Vander Ark, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – 19%
Marianne Williamson, spiritualist – 3%
Cornell West, professor – 5.9%
