Shirley Marie Tilghman,is a Canadian scholar in molecular biology and an academic administrator. She is now a professor of molecular biology and public policy and president emerita of Princeton University. In 2002,Discover magazine recognized her as one of the 50 most important women in science.
Hanna Holborn Gray is an American historian of Renaissance and Reformation political thought and Professor of History Emerita at the University of Chicago. She served as president of the University of Chicago,from 1978 to 1993,having earlier served as acting president of Yale University in 1977–1978. At both schools,she was the first woman to hold their highest executive office. When named to the post in Chicago,she became one of the first women in the United States to hold the full presidency of a major university.
Gettysburg College is a private liberal arts college in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania. Founded in 1832,the 225-acre (91 ha) campus is adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield. Gettysburg College has about 2,600 students,with roughly equal numbers of men and women. Gettysburg students come from 41 states,Washington,D.C.,and 39 countries.
Lou Anna Kimsey Simon is an American academic administrator who served as the 20th president of Michigan State University (MSU). Simon was appointed interim president of the university in 2003,then served as president from 2005 until her resignation in 2018.
Carol Tecla Christ is an American academic administrator. In March 2017,she was named the 11th Chancellor of the University of California,Berkeley,the first woman to hold that position. She succeeded outgoing Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks on July 1,2017.
Ruth Simmons is an American professor and academic administrator. Simmons served as the eighth president of Prairie View A&M University,a HBCU,from 2017 until 2023. From 2001 to 2012,she served as the 18th president of Brown University,where she was the first African American president of an Ivy League institution. Before Brown University,she headed Smith College,one of the Seven Sisters and the largest women's college in the United States,beginning in 1995.
Selma Botman is an American academic. Her post at the University of Maine System (UMS) Chancellor's Office focused on expanding the systems international education programs,recruiting foreign students,and coordinating overseas faculty exchanges.
Garnett Sue Stokes is an American academic administrator serving as the 23rd president of the University of New Mexico. She assumed office on March 1,2018.
Elizabeth D. "Betty" Phillips was the Director of University of Florida Online. She resigned abruptly after serving only three months in that position,without explanation. She previously served as provost and executive vice president of Arizona State University (2006-2013) and provost of the University of Florida (1996-1999),among other administrative positions.
Bernadette Gray-Little is a retired academic administrator most recently serving as the 17th chancellor of the University of Kansas,where she was the first African-American and female to serve as the chancellor. She oversaw the university's main campus in Lawrence,its medical center campuses in Kansas City,Salina and Wichita,the Edwards Campus in Overland Park,and other facilities around Kansas. She replaced chancellor Robert Hemenway in August 2009,and retired in June 2017.
Diane Zaino Chase is an American anthropologist and archaeologist who specializes in the study of the Ancient Maya.
Janet Allison Taylor Spence was an American psychologist who worked in the field of the psychology of anxiety and in gender studies.
Kim E. Schatzel is an American academic administrator who is the 19th president of the University of Louisville. She joined Eastern Michigan University in January 2012 as provost and executive vice president of academic and student affairs,and became interim president on July 8,2015,following the resignation of Susan Martin. Schatzel was previously dean of the college of business at University of Michigan–Dearborn. On November 30,2022,she was announced as the next president of University of Louisville and began her tenure on February 1,2023.
Deborah A. Prentice is an American scholar of psychology and university administrator. She serves as the vice-chancellor at Cambridge University. She previously served as provost at Princeton University and Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs.
Robert W. Iuliano is an American attorney and academic administrator serving as the 15th president of Gettysburg College. Previously,he worked as the senior vice president,general counsel,and deputy to the president at Harvard University.
Susan Poser is the current and first female president of Hofstra University,having succeeded retiring president Stuart Rabinowitz on August 1,2021. Before being named to the Hofstra post,she was chief operating officer,provost,and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Janet K. Levitnée Koven is a professor at the University of Tulsa College of Law. She was the first woman to become dean of the law school,the first woman provost at the University of Tulsa,and the interim president of the University of Tulsa from June 2020 until June 2021,from the resignation of former president Gerard Clancy until the appointment of Brad Carson.
Sally Elaine McRorie is an American psychologist and painter. She is the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Florida State University and president of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
Joan Scott Wallace was the first Black female leader of the United States Department of Agriculture,serving as Assistant Secretary. Wallace also served as a diplomat,and outside of government service was a psychologist and educator.
Lorrie Ann Clemo is an American political scientist who is the 15th president of D'Youville University,serving since January 2017. She also sits on the Board of Directors at Kaleida Health the Buffalo Niagara Partnership,the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York (CICU),and the Western New York Higher Education Consortium. Previously she served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the State University of New York at Oswego since 2012.
