Alison Richard
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| Alison Richard | |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge | |
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| Term | 2004 – present |
| Predecessor | Alec Broers |
| Born | 1 March 1948 Bromley, Kent, England |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge King's College London |
| Residence | Cambridge, England |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Salary | £227,000[1] |
| Spouse | Robert E. Dewar[2] |
| Children | Charlotte Dewar and Bessie Dewar[2] |
Alison Fettes Richard (born 1 March 1948 in Kent, England) is the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. She is the first female Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge since the post became full-time.
Richard was an undergraduate at Newnham College, Cambridge, before gaining a PhD at King's College London, and went on to have an academic career in Physical Anthropology with a specialization in lemurs.
She chaired the Department of Anthropology at Yale from 1986 to 1990, and later served as director of Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History. Following that she was Franklin Muzzy Crosby Professor of the Human Environment in 1998. From 1994 until 2002, she was Provost of Yale University and was offered the post of Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge in 2003 following the end of Professor Alec Broers' seven year term.[3]
She is president of the Cambridge Network.[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Vice-Chancellor's Office, University of Cambridge
- Interview of Alison Richard by Alan Macfarlane 21st August 2008 (film)
[edit] Notes and References
- ^ Sugden, Joanna (2009-03-19), "Campus fury at vice-chancellors’ windfalls", The Times, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5934706.ece, retrieved on 2009-03-19
- ^ a b Provost Alison Richard nominated as Cambridge University Vice-Chancellor, 31, 2002-12-06, http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v31.n13/story1.html, retrieved on 2009-03-24
- ^ "Professor Alison Richard honoured by Yale". University of Cambridge News and Events. 2009-05-27. http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009052701. Retrieved on 2009-05-27.
- ^ Cambridge Network / About Us / Our Services
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| Preceded by Sir Alec Broers |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 2003-Present |
Succeeded by Present incumbent |
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