| George Erik Rupp | |
| Born | 1942 Summit, New Jersey |
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George Erik Rupp (born 1942) is an American educator and theologian, the former President of Rice University and later of Columbia University, and president of the International Rescue Committee since July 2002. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Summit is a city in northwestern Union County, New Jersey, United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters Science and Art Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. The International Rescue Committee (IRC is a leading non-sectarian non-governmental international relief and Humanitarian aid organization based in the United See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
He was born in Summit, New Jersey, the son of immigrant parents. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. He studied in Germany before graduating from Princeton University. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. He then received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Yale University and a Ph. D. in religion from Harvard University. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister. Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity
He was Vice Chancellor of the University of Redlands in Redlands, California. The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Rupp left Redlands to become Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay in 1977, where he remained until 1979. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (also known as UW-Green Bay, UWGB or GB) is a public university located in Green Bay, Wisconsin Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
Rupp was the John Lord O’Brian Professor of Divinity and dean of the Harvard Divinity School from 1979 to 1985. Harvard Divinity School is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University, located in Cambridge Massachusetts, in the United States. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Under his leadership, the curriculum of the school was revised to address more directly the pluralistic character of contemporary religious life. Further developments included new programs in women’s studies and religion, Jewish-Christian relations, and religion and medicine.
He was President of Rice University from 1985 to 1993, where in the course of his eight years applications for admission almost tripled, federal research support more than doubled, and the value of the Rice endowment increased by more than $500 million to $1. William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters Science and Art Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) 25 billion.
He became president of Columbia in 1993. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) During his nine-year tenure, he focused on enhancing undergraduate education, on strengthening the relationship of the campus to surrounding communities and New York City as a whole, and on increasing the university’s international orientation. The City of New York At the same time, he completed both a financial restructuring of the university and a $2. 84 billion fundraising campaign that achieved eight successive records in dollars raised.
As the IRC’s chief executive officer, Dr. Rupp oversees the agency’s relief and rehabilitation operations in 25 countries and its refugee resettlement and assistance programs throughout the United States. In addition, he leads the IRC’s advocacy efforts in Washington DC, Geneva, Brussels, and other capitals on behalf of the world’s most vulnerable people. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is His responsibilities regularly take him to IRC program sites in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
He is the author of five books:
- Christologies and Cultures: Toward a Typology of Worldviews
- Beyond Existentialism and Zen: Religion in a Pluralistic World
- 'Culture Protestantism': German Liberal Theology at the Turn of the 20th Century
- Commitment and Community
- Globalization Challenged
George and his wife Nancy are the parents of two adult daughters who are teaching and writing, one with scholarly expertise in East Asia and the other a specialist in African studies, and the grandparents of five children, three boys and two girls.
References
- George Rupp to Become President of International Rescue Committee This Summer. Columbia News. Columbia University (January 30, 2002). Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
- Biography of Dr. George Rupp, IRC's CEO and President. International Rescue Committee. . Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople
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| Academic offices | ||
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| Preceded by Norman Hackerman |
President of Rice University 1985-1993 |
Succeeded by S. Malcom Gillis |
| Preceded by Michael I. Sovern |
President of Columbia University 1993 – 2002 |
Succeeded by Lee Bollinger |
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