Rice's President-Elect David W. Leebron The Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law and Dean of the Columbia University School of Law

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President-elect David Leebron with wife Y. Ping Sun More Photos The Board of Trustees of Rice University announced December 17 the appointment of David W. Leebron as the 7th president of the university, effective July 1, 2004.  "We sought an individual who reflected the maturity and academic stature of Rice at the end of its first century, and who had the character and substance to lead the university into its next century," said E. William Barnett, chairman of the Rice Board of Trustees. Read More

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