CEE Alum Reginald DesRoches Is Rice University's First African American Provost
Congratulations to CEE alum Reginald DesRoches! Currently the Dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University, Dr. DesRoches will begin his new role as Provost starting July 1, 2020.
DesRoches is the highest-ranking African American in Rice history, and his appointment as Provost is particularly significant given that the campus that did not accept its first black undergraduate student until 1965.
