S. Malcolm Gillis

Stephen Malcolm Gillis
6th President of Rice University
In office
1993–2004
Preceded byGeorge Erik Rupp
Succeeded byDavid Leebron
Personal details
Born(1940-12-28)December 28, 1940
Dothan, Alabama, U.S.
DiedOctober 4, 2015(2015-10-04) (aged 74)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
SpouseElizabeth
EducationUniversity of Florida (BA, MA)
University of Illinois (PhD)

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. He was University Professor and Ervin Kenneth Zingler Professor of Economics at Rice.[1]

Biography

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 in 1968.[2][3] While he was a student at Florida, he became a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.[4]

Career

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).[1]

Gillis helped to found Jacobs University Bremen (initially International University Bremen) and served on the board of governors.[5] He was one of four Co-Chairmen of Pyongyang University of Science and Technology.[6] He is also a founding member of TanTao University in Vietnam.[7][8] He sat on the Board of Directors of CRDF Global and Halliburton.[3][9]

Gillis passed away from cancer on October 4, 2015.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Gillis's web page at rice.edu
  2. ^ Gillis, Stephen Malcolm (1968). Sales Taxation in a Developing Economy--the Chilean Case (Ph.D.). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. OCLC 932256629 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ a b NNDB Profile
  4. ^ The Seminole. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida. 1962. p. 280.
  5. ^ "Jacobs scores in German poll".
  6. ^ "co-chairman welcome". Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Founders | Tan Tao University". Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  8. ^ "Rice's Gillis co-founds private university in North Korea". news.rice.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  9. ^ Halliburton Board of Directors Archived 2013-04-11 at archive.today
  10. ^ "In memoriam: President Emeritus Malcolm Gillis" at rice.edu
Academic offices
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1993–2004 		Succeeded by


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