Richard Levis McCormick (born 26 December 1947 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) is currently serving as the nineteenth President of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University). The son of Richard P. McCormick , a noted Rutgers professor and Catherine, a University administrator, McCormick earned his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Amherst College in American studies (1969) and subsequently a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in History (1976) from Yale University. Before being appointed the President of Rutgers University in 2002, McCormick served as President of the University of Washington (1995–2002), vice chancellor and provost at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1992–1995) and on the faculty of History, department chairman, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University (1976-1992).

In 1985, he held a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship as well as a Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowship.

Formerly married to Suzanne Lebsock (Professor in Women's History at Rutgers) and has two children, Betsy and Michael.

Published Works

• From Realignment to Reform: Political Change in New York State, 1893–1910. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1981).

• Progressivism coauthored with Arthur S. Link. (Arlington Heights, IL: Harlan Davidson, 1983).

• The Party Period and Public Policy: American Politics from the Age of Jackson to the Progressive Era. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986).

External links

• Rutgers University
• Office of the University President (at the Rutgers University website)