Louise Richardson

Louise Richardson
President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York
Assumed office
January 2023
Preceded byVartan Gregorian
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
In office
1 January 2016 – 31 December 2022
ChancellorThe Lord Patten of Barnes
Preceded byAndrew Hamilton
Succeeded byIrene Tracey
Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews
In office
6 January 2009 – 31 December 2015
ChancellorThe Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Preceded byBrian Lang
Succeeded byDame Sally Mapstone
Personal details
Born
Louise Mary Richardson

(1958-06-08) 8 June 1958 (age 65)
Tramore, Ireland
CitizenshipIreland, United States, United Kingdom
Spouse
Thomas Jevon
(m. 1988)
Children3
EducationTrinity College Dublin (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (MA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
AwardsLevenson Memorial Teaching Award (2000)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2010)
Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal (2013)
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (2016)
Honorary member of Royal Irish Academy (2016)
Member of American Philosophical Society (2017)
Scientific career
ThesisManaging Allies and Being Managed by Alliances: Suez and the Falklands (1988)

Dame Louise Mary Richardson DBE FRSE (born 8 June 1958[1][2]) is an Irish political scientist whose specialist field is the study of terrorism.[3] In January 2023, she became president of the philanthropic foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York.[4] In January 2016, she became the vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford,[5] having formerly been the principal and vice-chancellor of the University of St Andrews, and as the executive dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.[6][7] Her leadership at the University of Oxford played an important role in the successful development of a vaccine to combat COVID-19.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Richardson, Prof. Louise Mary". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Birthdays today". The Daily Telegraph. 8 June 2011. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014. Dr Louise Richardson, Principal and Vice–Chancellor, University of St Andrews, 53
  3. ^ UCBerkeleyEvents, Conversations with History Video on What Terrorists Want on YouTube
  4. ^ "Getting to Know Dame Louise Richardson with Judy Woodruff". Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Vice-Chancellor". University of Oxford. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Guardian chancellor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference NY Times Richardson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Oxford's vice-chancellor on the subtle science of crisis management". Financial Times. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  9. ^ Bodroghkozy, Aniko (20 April 2017). "Prime Time, Good Times". University of Illinois Press. 1. doi:10.5406/illinois/9780252036682.003.0009.

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