Douglas C. Bennett (born 1946) is a former president of Earlham College, located in Richmond, Indiana.
Bennett became known throughout the state of Indiana for dismissing the majority of the board of directors of Conner Prairie in June 2003, formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Earlham College.
This action precipitated involvement from Indiana's attorney general leading to a split between the two organizations including a division of a substantial endowment established by philanthropist Eli Lilly.
Earlham College, during Bennett's tenure, gained national media attention when political analyst, architect of the Iraq War, and Fox News commentator William Kristol, was hit with a cream pie by a student while giving a speech on foreign policy in March 2005.
[2] Bennett was vice president and chief operating officer of the American Council of Learned Societies in New York City.