Ralph Hexter
Ralph J. Hexter | |
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Hexter at the Gala Event in 2012 celebrating 50 years of achievement at the UC Davis College of Engineering | |
| Acting Chancellor University of California, Davis | |
| In office April 27, 2016 – February 23, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Linda Katehi |
| Succeeded by | Gary S. May |
| 5th President of Hampshire College | |
| In office 2005–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Gregory S. Prince, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Lash Marlene Gerber Fried (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 25, 1952 |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse |
Manfred Kollmeier (after 2007) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Corpus Christi College, Oxford (MA) Yale University (MPhil, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Classical studies Classical literature |
| Thesis | Medieval school commentaries on ovid's "ars amatoria," "epistulae ex ponto," and "epistulae heroidum" (1982) |
Ralph Jay Hexter (born 1952) is a distinguished professor of classics and comparative literature at the University of California, Davis. Previously, he served as the fifth president of Hampshire College.