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Rice University Provost's Office records (Gordon, Lane, Kinsey, Auston, Minter, Levy), 1980-2004

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Identifier: UA 0220
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

These records document the daily business of the Office of the Provost, Rice University. This material was transferred from the Office of the Provost in 2011, and contains records from circa 1980-2008, spanning the tenures of many Provosts, including Gordon (1980-1985), Lane (1986-1993), Kinsey (1993-1994), Auston (1994-1999), Minter (1999), and Levy (2000-2010). The files include on-campus and off-campus subject files relating to curriculum and program development, faculty hiring, meeting with the university president, and more. One topic of particular interest in this group is the Coherent Minor / Enhancement effort, under the presidency of George Rupp.

Dates

  • 1980s-2004

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Conditions Governing Access

Access to this material requires written permission from the Rice University Office of the Provost.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be obtained through the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

Dr. William E. Gordon’s appointment as provost and vice president of Rice University began July 1, 1980. He retired July 1, 1985, although he continued to serve as provost until the next provost, Dr. Neal Lane, reported to work in spring 1986.

Dr. Neal Lane served as Provost of Rice University from 1986-1993. He joined the Rice Physics Department in 1966 and was made full professor in 1972. He was made chairman of the department in 1977. While chair, Lane spent 1979-80 serving as director of the division of physics at the NSF. He left Rice in 1984 to become Chancellor of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He then returned to Rice to take on the job of Provost.

Dr. James Kinsey, Dean of Rice University's Wiess School of Natural Sciences, was named interim provost by university president Malcolm Gillis in July 1993 and served until 1994. The provost position had been vacated by Neal Lane when he left Rice to become director of the National Science Foundation.

Dr. David Auston was named provost by university president Malcolm Gillis in August 1994. He was Columbia's dean of engineering and applied science and the Morris and Alma Schapiro Professor of Engineering. He was member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. He earned his undergraduate and master's degree from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.

English Professor David Minter was appointed by President Malcolm Gillis to serve as interim provost in Spring 1999. Then current provost David Auston left Rice on July 1, 1999 to take the presidency of Case Western University.

Dr. Eugene Levy was provost for Rice University from 2000-2010. After retiring as Provost, Levy returned to Rice to teach in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and serve as a senior fellow for science policy and education at the Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Extent

24 Linear Feet ( (24 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

These records document the daily business of the Office of the Provost, Rice University. This material was transferred from the Office of the Provost in 2011, and contains records from circa 1980-2008, spanning the tenures of many Provosts, including Gordon (1980-1985), Lane (1986-1993), Kinsey (1993-1994), Auston (1994-1999), Minter (1999), and Levy (2000-2010).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This material was transferred from the Provost's Office in 2011, early in the tenure of Provost George McLendon.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Rice University Provost's Office records (Gordon, Lane, Kinsey, Auston, Minter, Levy), 1980-2004
Status
Completed
Date
2011
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

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

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Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
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