. . . But Someone's Gotta Do It

February 10, 2012

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Stanford has had 11 provosts since President Wallace Sterling created the post in 1952. The typical tenure: about four years.

Provost

Term

John Hennessy

1999-2000

Condoleezza Rice

1993-99

Gerald Lieberman

1992-93

James Rosse

1984-92

Albert Hastorf

1980-84

Donald Kennedy

1979-80

Gerald Lieberman

1979

William Miller

1971-78

Richard Lyman

1967-70

Frederick Terman

1955-65

Douglas Whitaker

1952-55