S. Malcolm Gillis
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Stephen Malcolm Gillis | |
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6th President of Rice University | |
In office 1993–2004 | |
Preceded by | George Erik Rupp |
Succeeded by | David Leebron |
Personal details | |
Born | University of Illinois (PhD) | December 28, 1940
Academic background | |
Thesis | Sales Taxation in a Developing Economy--the Chilean Case (1968) |
Doctoral advisor | John F. Due |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Economics |
Institutions | |
Stephen Malcolm Gillis (December 28, 1940 – October 4, 2015) was an American
Houston, Texas, from 1993 until 2004. He was University Professor and Ervin Kenneth Zingler Professor of Economics at Rice.[1]
Biography
Education
Gillis received a Bachelor of Arts in 1962 and a Master of Arts in 1963 from the
University of Illinois in 1968.[2][3] While he was a student at Florida, he became a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.[4]
Career
Prior to serving as Rice University president, Gillis was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Duke University (1991–1993) and Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Duke (1986–1991).[1]
Gillis helped to found
Jacobs University Bremen (initially International University Bremen) and served on the board of governors.[5] He was one of four Co-Chairmen of Pyongyang University of Science and Technology.[6] He is also a founding member of TanTao University in Vietnam.[7][8] He sat on the Board of Directors of CRDF Global and Halliburton.[3][9]
Gillis passed away from cancer on October 4, 2015.[10]
References
- ^ a b Gillis's web page at rice.edu
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- ^ a b NNDB Profile
- ^ The Seminole. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida. 1962. p. 280.
- ^ "Jacobs scores in German poll".
- ^ "co-chairman welcome". Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "Founders | Tan Tao University". Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ "Rice's Gillis co-founds private university in North Korea". news.rice.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ Halliburton Board of Directors Archived 2013-04-11 at archive.today
- ^ "In memoriam: President Emeritus Malcolm Gillis" at rice.edu
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