Hunter R. Rawlings III
| Hunter Rawlings | |
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| President of Cornell University | |
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In office 1995 – 2003 Interim 2016 – 2017 2005 – 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Frank H. T. Rhodes |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey S. Lehman |
| President of the University of Iowa | |
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In office 1988–1995 |
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| Preceded by | James O. Freedman |
| Succeeded by | Mary Sue Coleman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 14, 1944 Norfolk, Virginia |
| Alma mater |
Haverford College Princeton University |
Hunter Ripley Rawlings III (born December 14, 1944) is an American classics scholar and academic administrator. He is best known for serving as the 17th President of the University of Iowa from 1987 until 1995 and as the 10th President of Cornell University from 1995 until 2003. He also served as Cornell's interim president in 2005–2006 and again from 2016–2017. Currently, Rawlings is Professor and University President Emeritus at the Department of Classics.
Rawlings served as President of the Association of American Universities from June 1, 2011, until April 2016. He has served as chair of both the Association of American Universities and the Ivy Council of Presidents. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he serves on the boards of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Haverford College, and the National Academy Foundation.
Originally from Norfolk, Virginia, Rawlings received his B.A. with honors in classics from Haverford College in 1966. From there he moved to Princeton University, where he received a Ph.D. in classics in 1970. After graduating from Princeton, he joined the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder, rising to full professor in 1980. Rawlings began his career in academic administration at Colorado, serving as chairman of the classics department and later as associate vice chancellor for instruction. In 1988, Rawlings was named president of the University of Iowa, a position he held until 1995. Rawlings is married to Elizabeth T. Rawlings (née Trapnell), who is a professional translator with a master's degree in French from the University of North Carolina and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa. She has translated and collaborated in translating a number of books from French to English, particularly in the fields of Greek and Latin literature and ancient history. The Rawlingses have four children and five grandchildren. His eldest daughter, also Elizabeth, works for the Department of Homeland Security and his eldest son, Hunter Rawlings IV is a U.S. Marine Corps Officer.
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