George Erik Rupp
| George Erik Rupp | |
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| President of the International Rescue Committee | |
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In office 2003–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Reynold Levy |
| Succeeded by | David Miliband |
| 18th President of Columbia University | |
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In office 1993–2002 |
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| Preceded by | Michael I. Sovern |
| Succeeded by | Lee Bollinger |
| President of Rice University | |
| Preceded by | Norman Hackerman |
| Succeeded by | S. Malcolm Gillis |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 22, 1942 Summit, New Jersey |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy |
| Alma mater | Princeton University; Yale University; Harvard University |
| Occupation | educator and CEO of a non-profit organization |
George Erik Rupp (born September 22, 1942) is an American educator and theologian, who served as President of Rice University and later of Columbia University, and president of the International Rescue Committee from July 2002 to August 2013.
Rupp was born in Summit, New Jersey, the son of German immigrant parents, and was raised in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey. He studied in Germany before graduating from Princeton University. He then received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Yale University and, after studying for a year in Sri Lanka, a Ph.D. in religion from Harvard University. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister.
He was faculty fellow in religion and then Vice Chancellor of Johnston College in the University of Redlands in Redlands, California. Rupp left Redlands to return to Harvard as Assistant and then Associate Professor of Theology in the Divinity School. He left Harvard to become Professor of Humanistic Studies and Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay in 1977, where he remained until 1979.
Rupp was the John Lord O’Brian Professor of Divinity and dean of the Harvard Divinity School from 1979 to 1985. Under his leadership, the curriculum of the school was revised to address more directly the pluralistic character of contemporary religious life. Further developments included new programs in women’s studies and religion, Jewish-Christian relations, and religion and medicine.
He was President of Rice University from 1985 to 1993, where in the course of his eight years applications for admission almost tripled, federal research support more than doubled, and the value of the Rice endowment increased by more than $500 million to $1.25 billion.
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