Ulitzer95 12,584 Posted March 12, 2021 12 minutes ago, Bentrovato said: Is there a thread for rectors of universities. I believe Stephen Fry was Rector of the University of Dundee for a wee while. There doesn't need to be when in 100% of cases they can be covered elsewhere by what they're primarily known for. So Stephen Fry in comedians or Hollywood possibilities... or his own thread when the time comes for him to have one (if he doesn't already have one because of his manic depression/obesity). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,087 Posted March 12, 2021 And you believe that all Rectors of Universities are the same? You believe that they are all manic depressive obese people and you wish to put them into some tag that agrees with your rules and social views. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,131 Posted March 12, 2021 Rector is just another term for the head of a university or college. Like Chancellor, Warden, Master, Dean etc as detailed earlier. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,438 Posted March 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Toast said: Rector is just another term for the head of a university or college. Like Chancellor, Warden, Master, Dean etc as detailed earlier. Not in Scotland, where the rector is the elected representative of the students to the uni board. The head (or chief executive) is the Principal. Entirely different roles. Worth noting as in Ulitzer's example, its the former, not the head position. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,131 Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, msc said: Not in Scotland, where the rector is the elected representative of the students to the uni board. The head (or chief executive) is the Principal. Entirely different roles. Worth noting as in Ulitzer's example, its the former, not the head position. No matter, there is no reason why these people can't be included on a university/college personnel thread. If we needed one. Which we don't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,596 Posted March 12, 2021 I've just had a glance through this thread; I doubt most of the Universities mentioned would be famous enough for a UK based deadpool, let alone their Presidents. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 13, 2021 President Eugene Hughes, who served as president of state universities in Arizona and Kansas, died Wednesday in Flagstaff. He was 86. Northern Arizona University announced the death on its website. Cause of death was not stated. Hughes served as NAU president for 14 years, serving from 1979 to 1993. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,584 Posted March 13, 2021 Just now, Sir Charms said: President Eugene Hughes, who served as president of state universities in Arizona and Kansas, died Wednesday in Flagstaff. He was 86. Northern Arizona University announced the death on its website. Cause of death was not stated. Hughes served as NAU president for 14 years, serving from 1979 to 1993. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 11, 2021 Marye Anne Fox, a tough-minded chemist who guided UC San Diego through eight often difficult years of growth as the school’s chancellor and who was awarded the National Medal of Science for her insights about sustainable energy, died Sunday at the age of 73. Fox passed away at her home in Austin, Texas, after a long illness, according to a statement by North Carolina State University, where she served as chancellor prior to moving to La Jolla. She was the first woman chancellor at NC State and the first woman to to hold that position as a permanent appointee at UCSD. The titles meant a great deal to Fox, who spent much of her life promoting the interests of girls and women. SC 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted May 29, 2021 Henrik Enderlein, president of the Hertie School of Governance here in Berlin, that is, until he got diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, now dead at 46: https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/henrik-enderlein-ist-tot-ex-praesident-der-hertie-school-starb-im-alter-von-46-jahren-a-e461da12-7111-4833-b52b-9dbdc4dc4ac7 Even though I have a biographical connection, I missed the diagnosis and resignation in February. He was a big ally of Emmanuel Macron it seems, and a Europhile in general. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 6, 2021 Mukund S. Kulkarni, the former Chancellor of Penn State Harrisburg, has died. He was 75. https://news.psu.edu/story/660733/2021/06/04/impact/mukund-s-kulkarni-former-penn-state-harrisburg-chancellor-has-died 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted July 16, 2021 Never miss a chance to bump up this thread... "Controversial" economist, and former president of the University of Chicago, Hugo Sonnenschein has died at 80: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/15/22579281/hugh-sonnenschein-university-chicago-president-obituary 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HDS 234 Posted July 20, 2021 Henry Givens Jr., former longtime President of Harris-Stowe State University, dead at 90. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,701 Posted September 25, 2021 Diana Natalicio, President of the University of Texas at El Paso 1988-2019 dead aged 82: https://kvia.com/news/education/2021/09/24/longest-serving-utep-leader-diana-natalicio-dies-at-82/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 3, 2021 Claire Van Ummersen, a former president of Cleveland State University, has died. She was 86. Van Ummersen died in a car crash in Massachusetts. https://www.cleveland19.com/2021/09/30/former-cleveland-state-university-president-dies-car-accident/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 3, 2021 Reverend Gregory Lucey, former president of Spring Hill College, has died. He was 88. https://www.wkrg.com/mobile-county/former-president-of-spring-hill-college-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 14, 2021 William "Bud" Davis, a former president of Idaho State University, who served in that capacity from 1965 to 1975, save for a leave of absence to run for the U.S. Senate, and a former president of the University of New Mexico from 1975 to 1982, died September 24th. He was 92. https://www.timescolonist.com/william-bud-davis-former-university-leader-dies-at-92-1.24363717 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 1, 2021 Harris Berman, a dean emeritus at Tufts University School of Medicine, has died. He was 83. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/maine/articles/2021-10-31/berman-tufts-dean-who-brought-training-to-maine-dies-at-83 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,392 Posted November 28, 2021 On 12/03/2021 at 01:55, Youth in Asia said: Anthony Smith, former president of Magdalen College Oxford, could be a good one for next year's list. Anthony Smith, former President of Magdalen College from 1988-2005, reportedly dead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,086 Posted November 29, 2021 Just my luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 1, 2022 Former president of the University of Nebraska system, Ronald Roskens, has died. Roskens was UNO chancellor from 1972-77, then was NU System president from 1977-89. Roskens, who was 89-years old, also served as Administrator of USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, during the President George H. W. Bush administration SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 27, 2022 James Downey, the president of the University of New Brunswick from 1980 to 1990 (which includes the first two academic years at which I was a student at said institution) and the president of the University of Waterloo from 1993 to 1999, has died. He was 82. https://necrocanada.com/obituaries-2022/dr-jamesdowney-1939-2022/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 19, 2022 Dr. Jon Wefald, whose career included terms as Minnesota agriculture commissioner, president of SMSU, chancellor of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities, and president of Kansas State University, died Saturday. He was 84. Wefald suffered a heart attack at his home on Bay Lake in Minnesota. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 16, 2022 Karl Pister, a former chancellor at UC Santa Cruz and a former dean at UC Berkeley, has died. He was 96. Pister devoted more than 70 years to the university. https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/05/16/former-uc-santa-cruz-chancellor-berkeley-dean-karl-pister-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 10, 2023 A former Central State University president has died. Arthur Thomas, Ed.D. led the school in Wilberforce from 1985 to 1995, and was the first CSU alumnus to hold the seat of president. The university says Thomas died Thursday in Silver Spring, Md. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
