Ruth J. Simmons

Ruth J. Simmons

female, 64 years old
President of Brown University, Academic, Literature educator, Brown Daily Herald, Harvard Centennial Medal recipient, Harvard University alumni…Princeton University faculty, dillard university, Brown University president, American university and college president, Princeton University
Ruth J. Simmons (born 1945 in Grapeland, Texas), is the 18th president of Brown University and first black president of an Ivy League institution....
Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor

male, deceased (2003)
Brown University alumni, Philosophy Teacher, Philosophy academic, Non-fiction writer, BrownUniversityfaculty, philosophy…Columbia University, university of rochester, Brown University
Richard Taylor (1919-2003) was an American philosopher renowned for his dry wit and his contributions to metaphysics. He was also an...
David Mumford

David Mumford

male, 72 years old (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
BrownUniversityfaculty, Fields Medalist, Putnam Fellow, Phillips Exeter Academy alumni, Harvard University faculty, Harvard University alumni…Harvard University, Brown University, Brown University employee
David Bryant Mumford (born 11 June 1937) is an American mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry, and then for research...
Andries van Dam

Andries van Dam

male, 71 years old (Providence, Rhode Island, United States)
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, Computer graphics professional, Hypertext Editing System, Andries "Andy" van Dam, IEEE, BrownUniversityfaculty…Brown University, University of Pennsylvania
Andries "Andy" van Dam (born 1938) is a professor of computer science and former Vice-President for Research at Brown University in Providence,...
Thomas Banchoff

Thomas Banchoff

male (Rhode Island, United States)
mathematician, Differential geometer, BrownUniversityfaculty, mathematics, differential geometry, geometry…Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley alumni, University of Amsterdam, Brown University, University of California, Berkeley
Thomas F. Banchoff is a geometer, and a professor at Brown University since 1967. During the fall semester, 2008, he is teaching Math 35 , "Honors...
Robert Creeley

Robert Creeley

male, deceased (2005)
death by pneumonia, University at Buffalo faculty, tax resister, Lannan Foundation, writer, Beat Generation…BrownUniversityfaculty, University at Buffalo, Brown University
Robert Creeley (May 21, 1926 - March 30 2005) was an American poet and author of more than sixty books. He is usually associated with the Black...
C. D. Wright

C. D. Wright

female, 60 years old
Brown University, ozark, Arkansas writer, Rhode Island writer, Language poetry, One Big Self Prisoner of Louisiana…university of memphis, University of Arkansas, San Francisco State University, BrownUniversityfaculty
C. D. Wright (born 1949) is a U.S. poet. Carolyn D. Wright was born in Mountain Home, Arkansas to a chancery judge and a court reporter. She earned...
Paula Vogel

Paula Vogel

female, 57 years old
Daniel Sullivan, Women dramatists and playwright, Cornell University alumni, From Providence, Rhode Island, from Washington, D.C., Obie Award…Brown University, Cornell University, BrownUniversityfaculty, The Catholic University of America, The Catholic University of America Alumni
Paula Vogel (born November 16 1951, in Washington, D.C.) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and university professor. She is best...
Robert Coover

Robert Coover

male, 77 years old
tax resister, University of Chicago, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, From Providence, Rhode Island, Iowa writer, magic realism…Brown University, Indiana University, BrownUniversityfaculty, Indiana University alumni, indiana university bloomington
Robert Coover (born February 4, 1932) is an American author and professor in the Literary Arts program at Brown University. He is generally...
John Edgar Wideman

John Edgar Wideman

male, 68 years old
African American, book editor, University of Pennsylvania alumni, MacArthur Fellow, Rhode Island writer, from Washington, D.C.…BrownUniversityfaculty
John Edgar Wideman (born June 14, 1941, in Washington, DC) is an American writer.