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Rice University President David W. Leebron Inauguration records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 103
Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, calendars of events, event programs, invitations, agendas, mailing lists, minutes, brochures, testimonials and more related to the celebration of the 2004 inauguration of Rice University's seventh president. The Leebron Inaugural Committee created or maintained the bulk of this material.

Dates

  • 2004 - 2006

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Restrictions on Access

This material is open for research.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish material from the Leebron Inaugural Committee records must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Historical Sketch

For each incoming Rice president, an Inaugural Committee is formed which works with the Board of Governors and the President's Office to plan the numerous presidential welcoming events and celebrations. After the inauguration, the committee is released from duty. David W. Leebron took office as Rice University’s seventh president on July 1, 2004. On Saturday, October 2, 2004, he was officially inaugurated into that post. Due to inclement weather conditions and heat and humidity, the inaugural proceedings were held at 9:30 a.m. in the Rice Gymnasium, Autry Court. The inaugural dinner was held at the Warwick Hotel. The Rice Concert Band, the Rice Chorale, the Shepherd School Brass Ensemble, and Melody Johnson, a Shepherd School soprano, provided the music for the occasion. Arthur Gottschalk, chair of composition and theory with the Shepherd School of Music, composed a special fanfare for the inauguration ceremony. More than 200 delegates representing universities and learned societies from around the world attended the inauguration, as did such distinguished guests as the consuls of Jordan, Ukraine, and Saudi Arabia; Ambassador Edward Djerejian; and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

David Leebron was born in 1956 in Philadelphia. He earned a bachelor of art’s degree (1976) and doctorate of jurisprudence (1979) from Harvard University. After college Leebron clerked at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and taught at the UCLA School of Law and New York University. From 1981 to 1983, he practiced privately with the New York law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. In 1989 Leebron joined the faculty of the Columbia Law School. He later became the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law and dean of the law school, a position he remained in until his selection as Rice’s president. Leebron is married to Y. Ping Sun. They have two children.

Extent

19 Linear Feet (22 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Overview

Correspondence, calendars of events, event programs, invitations, agendas, mailing lists, minutes, brochures, testimonials and more related to the celebration of the 2004 inauguration of Rice University's seventh president.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from the Friends of Fondren, June 2005. The Friends of Fondren office participated extensively in the inaugural committee's work.

Related Material

Photographs connected with the inauguration of David W. Leebron are still held by the Friends of Fondren. Interested parties should contact them at: Rice University, Friends of Fondren Library – MS 245, P. O. Box 1892, Houston TX 77251-1892, or at www.rice.edu/fondren/friends.

Creator

Title
Guide to the Rice University President David W. Leebron Inauguration records, 2004-2006
Status
Completed
Author
Carol Ellis
Date
2005
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA