George Erik Rupp

Background

Rupp, George Erik was born on September 22, 1942 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Son of Gustav Wilhelm and Erika (Braunoehler) Rupp.

Education

Student, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich. AB, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1964. Bachelor's Degree, Yale University, New Haven, 1967.

Student, University Sri Lanka, Peradeniya. Doctor of Philosophy in Religion, Harvard University, 1972. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Austin College, 1992.

Doctor of Letters (honorary), Columbia University, 1993. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Redlands, 1994. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Georgetown University, 2001.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Hamilton College, 1995.

Career

Ordained to ministry, Presbyterian Church United States of America, 1971; faculty fellow in religion, vice chancellor, Johnston College, U. Redlands, Redlands, California, 1971-1974; assistant professor, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1976; associate professor, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1977; professor, dean, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1985; professor, dean academic affairs, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1977-1979; professor, president, Rice U., Houston, Texas, 1985-1993; professor, president, Columbia University, New York City, since 1993. Board directors Committee for Economics Development, Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, Martel Foundation, New York Partnership, Pulitzer Prize Board.

Achievements

• George Erik Rupp has been listed as a noteworthy Academic administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Globalization Challenged: Conviction, Conflict, Community (Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures)

    ( In Globalization Challenged, George Rupp, president of ...)

  • Commitment and Community

    (Paperback, as pictured; mild shelf wear (chr))

  • Culture-Protestantism: German Liberal Theology at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (Studies in Religion)

    (Book by Rupp, George)

  • Christologies and Cultures: Toward a Typology of Religious Worldviews (Religion and reason ; 10)

    (Signed by author. 1974 Hardcover. No dust jacket. Few spo...)

  • Christologies and cultures : toward a typology of religious worldviews
  • Beyond Existentialism and Zen: Religion in a Pluralistic World
  • Christologies and Cultures: Toward a Typology of Religious Worldviews

Membership

Board of directors Amigos de las Americas, American Assembly, Association American Universities, Cathedrals Church St. John Divine, Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Institute International Education, National Association Indiana Colleges Universities, Young Men’s Christian Association of America. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Religion, Council on Foreign Rels., Society for Values in Higher Education.

Connections

Married Nancy Katherine Farrar, August 22, 1964. Children: Katherine Heather, Stephanie Karin.

Father:

Gustav Wilhelm Rupp

Mother:

Erika (Braunoehler) Rupp

Spouse:

Nancy Katherine Farrar

child:

Stephanie Karin Rupp

child:

Katherine Heather Rupp