Descriptive Summary
Rice University Provost
Office Records: James Kinsey (interim) and David Auston
1993-1995
Rice UA Provost Kinsey/Auston
8 folders
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University,
Houston, TX
These records reflect
the daily business of the Provost's office under interim Provost James Kinsey
and Provost David Auston (1993-). They reveal the daily business of the
Provost's Office, which has the overall responsibility for the institution's
educational and research programs.
Auston, David
Materials are in English.
Biographical Note
James Kinsey, Dean of Rice University's Wiess
School of Natural Sciences, was named interim provost by university president
Malcolm Gillis in July 1993. The provost position was vacated by Neal Lane when
he left Rice to become director of the National Science Foundation.
Kinsey came to Rice in 1988 as dean of Wiess School after 25 years at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a chemistry professor. He also
served as Chairman of MIT's chemistry department for five years during his
tenure.
Excerpted from Rice University News Release, July 23,
1993.
David Auston was named provost by
university president Malcolm Gillis in August 1994. He was Columbia's dean of
engineering and applied science and the Morris and Alma Schapiro Professor of
Engineering. He was member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the
National Academy of Engineering. He earned his undergraduate and master's
degree from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. from the University of
California at Berkeley.
Excerpted from Rice University News Release, May 19, 1994.
Scope and Contents
These records reflect the daily business of the Provost's office under
interim Provost James Kinsey and Provost David Auston (1993-). They reveal the
daily business of the Provost's Office, which has the overall responsibility
for the institution's educational and research programs. These files were
previously intermingled with the files of the preceeding provost, Neal Lane.
The files contain correspondence with the non-academic departments.
Preferred Citation
Rice University Provost Office Records: James Kinsey (interim) and David
Auston, 1993-1995, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from Provost's Office.
Access RestrictionsPermission to access these records must
be obtained from the Provost’s Office. Contact the Woodson Research Center for
instructions.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish these records must be obtained from the Provost’s
Office. Contact the Woodson Research Center for instructions.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Kinsey, James.
Auston, David.
Subjects (Organizations)
Rice University - Provost's
Office.
AccrualsAdditional materials related to Kinsey / Auston
tenure are expected to be transfered to the Woodson Research Center in the
future.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series I: On Campus - General, 1993 -
11
Continuing Studies, 1994
12
Distribution Courses, 1994-95
13
Foundation Courses, 1994
14
(Office of) Graduate Programs, 1993-94
15
Rice Institute for Policy Analysis (RIPA),
1994
16
Rice Quantum Institute (RQI), 1994
17
Rice University Press, 1993
18
Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP),
1994