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Meet Alison F. Richard—a British anthropologist who has risen to top posts in higher education on both sides of the Atlantic. She spent 30 years at Yale, including nearly nine as provost. And since 2003, she has served as head of John Harvard’s alma mater, the University of Cambridge...
Born in Kent in southeastern England, and trained as an anthropologist at Cambridge and the University of London, Richard joined Yale’s faculty in 1972 and served as the school’s chief administrative and financial officer from 1994 until...
When asked whether Richard would be a good fit for Harvard’s 28th president, Yale anthropologist John F. Szwed said, “I think she would be terrific. I think she would be something. I think she would in the best tradition and a breath of fresh...
Born in Kent in southeastern England, and trained as an anthropologist at Cambridge and the University of London, Richard joined Yale's faculty in 1972 and served as the school’s chief administrative and financial officer from 1994 until the end of 2002. In 2003, she assumed the vice-chancellorship at Cambridge—the top non-ceremonial position at the university—where she now oversees 31 colleges, 8,500 staff members, and 18,000 students. Her term at Cambridge is set to expire...
When asked whether Richard would be a good fit for Harvard's 28th president, Yale anthropologist John F. Szwed said, "I think she would be terrific. I think she would be something. I think she would in the best tradition and a breath of fresh...