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The Corporation of Brown University: Trustees and Fellows

Brown University is governed by a bicameral Corporation composed of a Board of Fellows and a Board of Trustees. Officers of the Corporation are drawn from the ranks of trustees and fellows. (See Corporation entry in Encyclopedia Brunoniana.)


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Officers of the Corporation

Ruth J. Simmons, President
Thomas J. Tisch, Chancellor
Jerome C. Vascellaro, Vice Chancellor
Donald C. Hood, Secretary
Alison S. Ressler, Treasurer



Board of Fellows

Mark S. Blumenkranz
Elizabeth Z. Chace
Timothy C. Forbes
Kathryn S. Fuller
Donald C. Hood
Steven R. Jordan

Artemis A. W. Joukowsky
Robin A. Lenhardt
David E. McKinney
Steven Rattner
Stephen Robert
Ruth J. Simmons



Board of Trustees

Thomas W. Berry
James J. Burke, Jr.
Steven A. Cohen
Spencer R. Crew
Charles M. Davis
Cornelia Dean
Katherine G. Farley
Richard A. Friedman
James B. Garvin
Charles H. Giancarlo
Martin J. Granoff
Cathy Frank Halstead
Galen V. Henderson
H. Anthony Ittleson
Bobby Jindal
Debra L. Lee
Karen M. Levy
Samuel M. Mencoff
Annette L. Nazareth
Nancy Fuld Neff

Jonathan M. Nelson
Kenneth J. O’Keefe
Theresia Gouw Ranzetta
Alison S. Ressler
Carmen M. Rodriguez
Hannelore Rodriguez-Farrar
Ralph F. Rosenberg
Barry S. Rosenstein
Charles M. Royce
Eileen M. Rudden
Joan Wernig Sorensen
Laurinda H. Spear
Anita V. Spivey
Barry S. Sternlicht
Marta Tienda
Thomas J. Tisch
William H. Twaddell
Jerome C. Vascellaro
Peter S. Voss
William P. Wood