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From Wikipedia's entry on Stanford University:

The position of Provost was created in 1952 during the Presidency of J. E. Wallace Sterling. Many people consider the Stanford Provost to be the "heir apparent" to the President because of the five men who succeeded Sterling as President, three were Provost of Stanford (Lyman, Kennedy, and Hennessy), one was Provost of the University of Chicago (Casper), while the other was President of Rice University (Pitzer). The Provost is the University's chief academic and budget officer. The Provost and the President together conduct Stanford's relationships with the neighboring community and other schools and organizations.

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Condoleezza Rice was Stanford's Provost from 1993 - 1999

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I think Ike was President of Columbia University for a short time.

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Condoleezza Rice was Stanford's Provost from 1993 - 1999.

[Dog Gone]

Thanks. Sort of a manager, bureaucrat, PR guy, or lady in this case. I'm not belittling the job, even though when I read my paraphrase it sounds like it.