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Richard Saller

American classicist & university president From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Richard Paul Saller (born October 18, 1952) is an American classicist. He is the former provost of the University of Chicago and the former dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. He served as interim president of Stanford for eleven months from September 2023 to July 2024.

Quick Facts 12th President of Stanford University, Preceded by ...

On July 19, 2023, Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced he would resign. Stanford University's board of trustees appointed Saller to serve as an interim president beginning on September 1.[2][3][clarification needed]

In October 2023, The Stanford Daily tried to have the board of trustees clarify if Saller was promoted to a full president and be counted as the 12th president and not remain "interim", but the board declined to answer.[4]

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Early life and education

Saller was born in 1952.[5] He earned two Bachelor of Arts in history and ancient Greek at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 1974 and his Ph.D. from Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1978.[6]

Career

University of Chicago

From 1979 to 1984 Saller was assistant professor at Swarthmore College. In 1984, Saller began teaching Roman social and economic history at the University of Chicago. He became a dean in 1994 and the university's provost in 2002.[7] As dean, he attracted controversy for asking the university to shut down its educational department.[8]

Stanford

In April 2007, Saller was made the dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University.[9] He stepped down in September 2018 to teach full-time.[10]

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Awards and distinctions

Since 1986, the Saller Dissertation Prize has been awarded at University of Chicago for outstanding dissertations.[11]

Personal life

Saller is married to anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann.[12]

Publications

Books

  • Saller, Richard P. (1982). Personal Patronage under the Early Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Garnsey, Peter; Saller, Richard P. (1987). The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Saller, Richard P. (1994). Patriarchy, Property and Death in the Roman Family. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Saller, Richard P. (2022). Pliny's Roman Economy: Natural History, Innovation, and Growth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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References

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