Carol Everhart Quillen

Carol Quillen became the 18th president of Davidson College on August 1, 2011. A respected scholar and an accomplished administrator, Quillen came to Davidson from Rice University in Houston, Texas, where she served most recently as vice president for international and interdisciplinary initiatives. Quillen grew up in New Castle, Delaware. She earned a B.A. degree in American history from the University of Chicago, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with special and general honors, then received a Ph.D. degree in European history from Princeton. Quillen joined Rice as a member of the history faculty in 1990. From 2004 to 2008, she served as the first director of the university's Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, leading development of the center's new mission and shaping an agenda that helped distinguish the center from other organizations. From 2006 to 2010, Quillen served as Rice's vice provost for academic affairs and then as vice president for international and interdisciplinary initiatives, focusing particularly on faculty diversity and faculty development, resource development, and initiatives that cross academic disciplines and institutions. Quillen was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans. She also is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools and the Board of Directors of the Levine Museum of the New South.