Ralph J. Hexter | |
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![]() Hexter at the Gala Event in 2012 celebrating 50 years of achievement at the
UC Davis College of Engineering | |
Acting Chancellor University of California, Davis | |
In office April 27, 2016 – February 23, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Linda Katehi |
Succeeded by | Gary S. May |
5th President of Hampshire College | |
In office 2005–2010 | |
Preceded by | Gregory S. Prince, Jr. |
Succeeded by |
Jonathan Lash Marlene Gerber Fried (interim) |
Personal details | |
Born | August 25, 1952 |
Nationality | American |
Spouse |
Manfred Kollmeier (after 2007) |
Alma mater |
Harvard University (
BA) Corpus Christi College, Oxford ( MA) Yale University ( MPhil, PhD) |
Ralph Jay Hexter (born 1952) is a distinguished professor of classics and comparative literature [1] at the University of California, Davis. Previously, he served as the fifth president of Hampshire College. [2] [3] [4]
Hexter received an A.B. in English literature from Harvard College in 1974. He then studied in England, where he earned a B.A. and M.A. in classics and modern languages at Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1977 and 1982, respectively. He also earned an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Yale University in 1979 and 1982, respectively. Hexter subsequently taught in the classics department at Yale from 1981 to 1991. [2] [3]
Hexter taught classics and comparative literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder and at Yale University. [2] [3] He was also the Executive Dean of Letters and Science and Dean of Arts and Humanities at the University of California, Berkeley. [2] [3] Hexter assumed the Hampshire College presidency on August 1, 2005, a post he relinquished on December 31, 2010. [3]
Hexter has been involved with the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts, Phi Beta Kappa, the American Philological Association, and the National Conference for Community and Justice. [3]
On August 2, 2010, Hexter announced his resignation as president of Hampshire. [5] [6] On August 20, Hampshire College announced that Marlene Gerber Fried would serve as acting president and that Hexter would be on sabbatical beginning on September 1. [7]
On November 22, 2010, it was announced that Ralph Hexter would be the next Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor at the University of California, Davis, effective January 1, 2011. [8] His faculty title is Distinguished Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature.
Hexter is openly gay. [9] [10] He was among the founding members of LGBTQ Presidents in Higher Education. Hexter married his longtime partner, Manfred Kollmeier, in 2007. [11]
Ralph J. Hexter | |
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![]() Hexter at the Gala Event in 2012 celebrating 50 years of achievement at the
UC Davis College of Engineering | |
Acting Chancellor University of California, Davis | |
In office April 27, 2016 – February 23, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Linda Katehi |
Succeeded by | Gary S. May |
5th President of Hampshire College | |
In office 2005–2010 | |
Preceded by | Gregory S. Prince, Jr. |
Succeeded by |
Jonathan Lash Marlene Gerber Fried (interim) |
Personal details | |
Born | August 25, 1952 |
Nationality | American |
Spouse |
Manfred Kollmeier (after 2007) |
Alma mater |
Harvard University (
BA) Corpus Christi College, Oxford ( MA) Yale University ( MPhil, PhD) |
Ralph Jay Hexter (born 1952) is a distinguished professor of classics and comparative literature [1] at the University of California, Davis. Previously, he served as the fifth president of Hampshire College. [2] [3] [4]
Hexter received an A.B. in English literature from Harvard College in 1974. He then studied in England, where he earned a B.A. and M.A. in classics and modern languages at Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1977 and 1982, respectively. He also earned an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Yale University in 1979 and 1982, respectively. Hexter subsequently taught in the classics department at Yale from 1981 to 1991. [2] [3]
Hexter taught classics and comparative literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder and at Yale University. [2] [3] He was also the Executive Dean of Letters and Science and Dean of Arts and Humanities at the University of California, Berkeley. [2] [3] Hexter assumed the Hampshire College presidency on August 1, 2005, a post he relinquished on December 31, 2010. [3]
Hexter has been involved with the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts, Phi Beta Kappa, the American Philological Association, and the National Conference for Community and Justice. [3]
On August 2, 2010, Hexter announced his resignation as president of Hampshire. [5] [6] On August 20, Hampshire College announced that Marlene Gerber Fried would serve as acting president and that Hexter would be on sabbatical beginning on September 1. [7]
On November 22, 2010, it was announced that Ralph Hexter would be the next Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor at the University of California, Davis, effective January 1, 2011. [8] His faculty title is Distinguished Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature.
Hexter is openly gay. [9] [10] He was among the founding members of LGBTQ Presidents in Higher Education. Hexter married his longtime partner, Manfred Kollmeier, in 2007. [11]