Frank H. T. Rhodes
President of Cornell University
Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes (October 29, 1926 – February 3, 2020) was a British-American academic. He was the ninth president of Cornell University from 1977 to 1995.[1] Rhodes was born in Warwickshire, England. Rhodes taught geology at the University of Durham between 1951 and 1954.
He was appointed as a member of the National Science Board under President Ronald Reagan, and as a member of the President's Educational Policy Advisory Committee by President George H.W. Bush. Between 1984 and 2002 Rhodes was on the Board of Directors of General Electric.
He was elected a honorary member of the Academia Europaea in 2005.[2]
Rhodes died on February 3, 2020 in Bonita Springs, Florida at the age of 93.[3]
References
change- ↑ "Frank H.T. Rhodes". Cornell University. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ↑ "Frank H.T. Rhodes". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
- ↑ Lamb, Anna (February 4, 2020). "Frank Rhodes, Cornell's ninth president, dies at 93". Ithaca Voice. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
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