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Neil L. Rudenstine

AKA Neil Leon Rudenstine

Born: 21-Jan-1935
Birthplace: Danbury, CT

Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Educator, Administrator

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President of Harvard University, 1991-2001

Wife: Angelica Zander Rudenstine

    High School: Wooster School
    University: BA, Princeton University (1956)
    University: BA and MA, New College, Oxford University
    University: PhD English, Harvard University (1964)
    Professor: English, Harvard University (1964-68)
    Professor: English, Princeton University (1968-88)
    Administrator: Dean of Students, Princeton University (1968-72)
    Administrator: Undergraduate Dean, Princeton University (1972-77)
    Administrator: Provost, Princeton University (1977-88)
    Administrator: President, Harvard University (1991-2001)
    Administrator: Trustee, Princeton University
    Administrator: Trustee, Courtauld Institute of Art

    American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    American Council on Education Board of Directors (past)
    American Philosophical Society
    Andrew W. Mellon Foundation EVP (1988-91)
    Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Chairman of ARTstor
    Barnes Foundation Trustee
    Council on Foreign Relations
    Committee for Economic Development
    J. Paul Getty Trust Trustee (2007-)
    Goldman Sachs Foundation Trustee
    New York Public Library Board of Directors
    Rhodes Scholarship
    Jewish Ancestry

Author of books:
Sidney's Poetic Development (1967, criticism)
English Poetic Satire: Wyatt to Byron (1972, criticism, ed. with George S. Rousseau)
In Pursuit of the Ph.D. (1992, education, with William G. Bowen)
Pointing Our Thoughts (2001, education)



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