Richard W. Lariviere | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Janis Worcester (1971–present) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Iowa (BA) (1972) University of Pennsylvania (PhD) (1978) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Texas at Austin (1982–2006) University of Kansas (2006–2009) University of Oregon (2009–2011) Field Museum (2012–2020) |
Richard W. Lariviere is aSanskrit scholar and academic administrator. He served as the president of theUniversity of Oregon from July 2009 until November 2011. From October 2012 until August 2020 he was the president of theField Museum inChicago,Illinois.[1]
Lariviere was born inChicago and grew up inMarshalltown, Iowa. He earned a B.A. inHistory of Religion from theUniversity of Iowa in 1972, where he was a member ofPhi Beta Kappa. In 1978, he earned hisDoctorate inSanskrit from theUniversity of Pennsylvania. After spending time in India, Lariviere built an impressive academic career around the country’s languages, histories, religions and culture. He has published articles and several books on Indian legal history. He reads eight languages and speaks French and Hindi. He has conducted research in London, Oxford, Calcutta, Poona, Kathmandu, Tokyo, Beijing, Lahore, Munich, Colombo and Madras, and other cities.[2]
Lariviere was the president of the University of Oregon (UO) from July 1, 2009 through November 2011. During his tenure there, he cultivated an institutional norm of corporatization of Oregon's higher education system, and was a key figure for the Oregon's SB270.[3]
Before arriving at Oregon, Lariviere was executive vice chancellor and provost at theUniversity of Kansas from 2006 to 2009, and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at theUniversity of Texas at Austin from 1999 to 2006. Lariviere also served as the inaugural associate vice president for international programs at UT Austin.
Additionally, Lariviere has had a successful career as a consultant for American and Indian companies in information technology and business process outsourcing.[citation needed] He also served on corporate boards in the IT industry in Europe and India.
On October 1, 2012 he became president and CEO of theField Museum, where he served until his retirement in August 2020.
Lariviere is a life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain, a life Member of the American Oriental Society, and a Founding Member of the Society for Design and Process Science. He has earned several awards for outstanding contributions, including the Margaret C. Berry Award in 2004 and the Eyes of Texas Award in 2004 and 1993. He was selected by theRoyal Dutch Academy to give the annualGonda Lecture in 1994, and theCollège de France honored him with the status of Professeur Etranger in 1996. In 1989, his book on Indian legal procedure was selected as the best book of the year on South Asia by the CESMEO Institute in Torino, Italy. In Chicago he was a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, theCommercial Club of Chicago, and the Chicago Club. He was given the NAACP Community Service award in 2011 and the Chancellor's Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2015. In 2019 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[4] He is a life member of the NAACP.
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| Preceded by | President of the University of Oregon 2009–2011 | Succeeded by Robert M. Berdahl Interim |