1995

The Nightingale-Brown House, a National Historic Landmark and home to five generations of the Brown family, was given to the University in 1995 as a museum and study center for scholars.Brown family
The goal of the campaign is to reendow the University by raising $450 million by the end of 1995, for the support of the following areas: $110 million for faculty endowment and graduate fellowships, $40 million for undergraduate scholarships, $25 million for the libraries, $90 million for academic support (programs, centers, institutes, curriculum), $15 million for national outreach initiatives, $50 million for the School of Medicine, $10 million for athletics endowment, $55 million for new and renovated facilities, and $55 million for the Brown Annual Fund.Fund-raising
The Provosts of Brown have been:
- Samuel T. Arnold from 1949 to 1956;
- Zenas R. Bliss from 1957 to 1965;
- Merton P. Stoltz from 1966 to 1978;
- Maurice Glicksman from 1978 to 1990;
- Frank G. Rothman from 1990 to 1994;
- James T. Pomerantz from 1995 to 1998;
- William S. Simmons from 1998 to 1999;
- Kathryn T. Spoehr from 1999 to 2001;
- Robert J. Zimmer from 2002 to 2006;
- David I. Kertzer from 2006 to 2011;
- Mark S. Schlissel from 2011 to 2014;
- Vicki Leigh Colvin from 2014 to 2015; and
- Richard M. Locke as of July 1, 2015.
[Updated June 1, 2015]Provost