PRAIRIE VIEW NAMES INTERIM PRESIDENT
(Brown University)
Prairie View A&M has named an interim president.
Dr. Ruth Simmons, a former university president with administrative experience in Ivy League schools has been named post.
Dr. Simmons, who retired as president of Brown University in 2012, will assume her duties July first.
Simmons will take over, following the June 12 announcement by Prairie View A&M President George Wright that he is stepping down to return to teaching history.
Dr. Simmons was President of Brown University from 2001 to 2012. When she retired from Brown University, she returned to her hometown of Houston. Prior to her time at Brown, she was President of Smith College, the nation’s largest women’s university; a Vice Provost at Princeton University; and a Provost at Spellman College.