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David W. Leebron, President, Rice University

David W. Leebron became the seventh president of Rice University in Houston, Texas, and a member of the School of Social Sciences faculty as professor of political science on July 1, 2004. Rice is one of the country’s premier private research universities and home to the top-rated Shepherd School of Music, the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, and other highly ranked engineering, natural sciences, humanities, and architecture schools.

Upon his arrival at Rice, Leebron began engaging faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members in a dialogue on the opportunities and challenges that the university faces in the coming decade and beyond.