S. Malcolm Gillis
American academic (1940–2015)
Stephen Malcolm Gillis (December 28, 1940 – October 4, 2015) was an American academic. He served as the sixth president of Rice University in Houston, Texas, from 1993 until 2004.2
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Born Dec 28, 1940, died Oct 4, 2015.1
About
He was University Professor and Ervin Kenneth Zingler Professor of Economics at Rice.
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Companies
- Rice UniversityPresident 1993 to 20049
Early life and education
- 1968University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Doctor of Philosophy3
- Date not recordedUniversity of Florida3
Education
Gillis received a Bachelor of Arts in 1962 and a Master of Arts in 1963 from the University of Florida. Later, he received a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1968. While he was a student at Florida, he became a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
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Career
Occupation: economist, academic administrator, university teacher.5
- 1993 to 2004President of Rice University4
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).
Gillis helped to found Jacobs University Bremen (initially International University Bremen) and served on the board of governors. He was one of four Co-Chairmen of Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. He is also a founding member of TanTao University in Vietnam. He sat on the Board of Directors of CRDF Global and Halliburton.
Gillis died from cancer on October 4, 2015.
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Personal life
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- 1WikidataS. Malcolm Gillis on Wikidata
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- 9WikidataRice University, President
- 10Wikimedia CommonsS. Malcolm Gillis photo by Staff photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0