Stephen Blyth | |
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Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | |
Assumed office October 2022 | |
Preceded by | Alan Rusbridger |
President and CEO of the Harvard Management Company | |
In office January 2015 –July 2016 | |
Preceded by | Jane Mendillo |
Succeeded by | N. P. Narvekar |
Personal details | |
Born | Stephen James Blyth |
Alma mater | Christ's College,Cambridge Harvard University |
Stephen James Blyth is a British mathematician and academic. Since October 2022,he has been Principal of Lady Margaret Hall,Oxford. [1] He had been Professor of the Practice of Statistics at Harvard University since 2012, [2] [3] and was also chief executive officer of the Harvard Management Company between January 2015 and July 2016. [4] [5]
Blyth matriculated into Christ's College,Cambridge,in 1985 to study the Mathematical Tripos. [6] He graduated with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree, [6] and was the 3rd wrangler in that year. [1] He then moved to the United States,where he studied statistics at Harvard University. [3] He was awarded a Master of Arts (AM) degree in 1989. [7] His doctoral dissertation was titled "Local Regression Coefficients and the Correlation Curve" and his advisor was Kjell Doksum. [8] His Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree was awarded in 1992. [8]
After graduating with his PhD,he returned to England and was a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London from 1992 to 1994. [4] [7] He then moved into the financial industry,working at HSBC,Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. [2] [7] In 2006,he returned to Harvard University where he joined the faculty. [3] He taught statistics in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, [4] rising to become Professor of the Practice of Statistics in 2012. [3] He also worked with the Harvard Management Company (HMC) which manages Harvard University's endowment and related financial assets. [4] By 2014,he was managing director and head of public markets. [4] In September 2014,he was announced as the next president and chief executive officer of the Harvard Management Company: [4] he took up the post on 1 January 2015. [9] He took medical leave from 23 May 2016, [5] and stepped down as CEO on 27 July 2016. [5]
In December 2021,Blyth was announced as the next Principal of Lady Margaret Hall,Oxford. [2] [6] He took up the post on 1 October 2022 and was installed during a service in the College Chapel on 7 October 2022. [1]