Word: rupp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rupp, who holds degrees from Harvard, Princeton and Yale, left his post as dean of the Harvard Divinity School in 1985 to become president of Rice in Houston...
Many in Houston say that Rupp has had his sights set on the Harvard presidency all along and that Rice was merely a means to his greater ends...
Other students have more specific theories about Rupp's candidacy...
...alumnus, and he's got experience as a president," says Kurt Moeller, an editor of the Rice Thresher, the Rice University daily newspaper. Moeller also cites 48-year old Rupp's relative youth as a plus for the Harvard search committee, which wants a president to serve at least 10 to 20 years...
...Wilson, professor of chemistry at Rice, says he is confident that Rupp will stay in Houston, citing his "15-year plan" for developing the university...