| 词条 | William G. Bowen |
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| name = William G. Bowen | image = William_G._Bowen.jpg | order = 17th | title = President of Princeton University | term_start = 1972 | term_end = 1988 | predecessor = Robert F. Goheen | successor = Harold T. Shapiro | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|10|6}} | birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|10|20|1933|10|06}} | death_place = Princeton, New Jersey }} William Gordon Bowen ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|oʊ|ə|n}}; October 6, 1933{{spaced ndash}}October 20, 2016)[1] was President Emeritus of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation where he served as President from 1988 to 2006.[2] He was the president of Princeton University from 1972 to 1988. LifeWilliam Bowen was born in 1933 in Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father was a calculator salesman.[3] Bowen attended Denison University, where he played championship tennis and was initiated into the Sigma Chi fraternity. He graduated from Denison in 1955 and from Princeton University in 1958, where he earned a PhD. He joined the Princeton faculty in 1958, specializing in labor economics. In 1988, he left Princeton and joined The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where he created a research program to investigate doctoral education, collegiate admissions, independent research libraries, and charitable nonprofits in order to ensure that the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's grants would be well-informed and more effective. William Bowen was also partially responsible for JSTOR,[4] the Mellon International Dunhuang Archive, ARTstor, and Ithaka Harbors, Inc.. Bowen authored 19 books, including the Grawemeyer Award-winning The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions (co-authored with Derek Bok). One of his books, Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education (2005), was coauthored with Eugene M. Tobin and Martin A. Kurzweil. Bowen's study of graduation rates at public universities in the United States culminated in the book Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universities[5] that was coauthored with Matthew M. Chingos and Michael S. McPherson. Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead appointed him and Julius L. Chambers to evaluate the performance of Duke University's administration in handling the 2006 lacrosse team case. Bowen died on October 20, 2016, fourteen days after his 83rd birthday, in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Positions held
Awards and recognitionIn 2013, he received a 2012 National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama.[6][7] In 2008, he received the José Vasconcelos World Award of Education for his lifetime's work creating educational opportunities.[8] In 2001, he received the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for his book written with Derek Bok, The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions.[9] See also
Notes1. ^{{cite web|title=William G. Bowen, 17th president of Princeton University, dies at age 83|url=http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S47/69/02I04/?section=topstories|website=Princeton University|accessdate=25 October 2016}} {{s-start}}{{s-aca}}{{succession box2. ^{{cite web|title=The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation|url=https://mellon.org/about/history/#!/bowen|website=The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation|accessdate=25 October 2016}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Sam|title=William G. Bowen, Princeton Educator Who Championed Poor and Minority Students, Dies at 83|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/nyregion/william-bowen-dead.html|accessdate=14 May 2017|work=The New York Times|date=22 October 2016|page=A21}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=JSTOR About us|url=http://about.jstor.org/about|website=JSTOR|accessdate=25 October 2016}} 5. ^Bowen, W.G. and Chingos, M.M., McPherson, M.S.: Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universities 6. ^President Obama to Award 2012 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Whitehouse.gov, retrieved 30 June 2013 7. ^[https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S37/33/81O68/index.xml?section=topstories Princeton University - Former Princeton President Bowen awarded National Humanities Medal] 8. ^{{cite web|title=José Vasconcelos World Award of Education 2008|url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-education-williamgbowen.php|accessdate=August 14, 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505035851/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-education-williamgbowen.php|archivedate=May 5, 2014|df=}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url = http://grawemeyer.org/education/previous-winners/2001-william-g-bowen-and-derek-bok.html|title = 2001 - William G. Bowen and Derek Bok|date = |accessdate = 9 December 2014|website = grawemeyer.org|publisher = The Grawemeyer Awards|last = |first = |deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20141017015921/http://grawemeyer.org/education/previous-winners/2001-william-g-bowen-and-derek-bok.html|archivedate = 17 October 2014|df = }} | before = Robert F. Goheen | title = President of Princeton University | years = 1972–1988 | after = Harold T. Shapiro }}{{succession box | before = John Edward Sawyer | title = President of Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | years = 1988–2006 | after = Don Michael Randel }}{{s-end}}{{Princeton presidents}}{{José Vasconcelos World Award of Education Laureates}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowen, William G.}} 9 : 1933 births|2016 deaths|American economists|Cultural economists|Grawemeyer Award winners|Presidents of Princeton University|Denison University alumni|Princeton University alumni|National Humanities Medal recipients |
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