I imagine that as a faculty member and a spouse of a university president, you're one of a very select group. I think probably 20 years ago, maybe even 10 years ago, you could say that. But increasingly that's not the case. While attending a recent AAU event, I was struck by how many women who are spouses of university presidents also are faculty members and have their own academic interests.
People meet within the profession.
If you're in higher education, that's the circle in which you socialize a lot, so that's where you meet your future wife or husband. Not in a formal sense, nor would I want it. But I think it is inescapable that as a faculty member I have many of the same perspectives that other faculty members have. I'm not shy about taking that perspective at home when Gordon and I are discussing various issues. In that sense, I think he finds that to be helpful and invigorating.