Saller biography

American classicist & university president

Richard Paul Saller (born October 18, 1952) is an American classicist. He is the former provost of the University of Chicago and the former dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University.

Richard Saller's Profile - Stanford Profiles

He served as president of Stanford for eleven months from September 2023 to July 2024.

On July 19, 2023, Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced he would resign. Stanford University's board of trustees appointed Saller to serve as an interim president beginning on September 1.^{[2][3][clarification needed]}

Was Saller promoted to full president by the board of trustees?

The Stanford Daily asked a similar question in October 2023 and have yet to receive an answer.^[4]

Early life and education

Saller was born in 1952.^[5] He earned two Bachelor of Arts in history and ancient Greek at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 1974 a Richard Saller - Stanford Law School JELEJ