Economist Christina Paxson Named President Of Brown

Christina Hull Paxson, a Swarthmore and Columbia grad, will take over as the new president of Brown University on July 1.  She replaces Ruth Simmons, who has served in that role since 2001.   Paxson, an economics professor at Princeton, is currently dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.  She is 51.

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[Bob Strassfeld]

She is also my colleague, Leon Gabinet's, daughter-in-law. He assures me that hers will be a brilliant presidency. Leon has never steered me wrong before, so I assume she will, indeed, do a great job at Brown.

[Trussell]

Ruth Simmons was a great president. LIstening to her speak about Brown and slavery made me want to have a president like her.