What is Frank H. T. Rhodes?
[[File:Frank H.T. Rhodes president of Cornell.jpg|right|200px]] '''Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes''' (October 29, 1926 – February 3, 2020) was a British-American academic. He was the ninth president of [[Cornell University]] from 1977 to 1995.<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank H.T. Rhodes|url=http://www.cornell.edu/president/history_bio_rhodes.cfm|publisher=Cornell University|access-date=6 November 2014}}</ref> Rhodes was born in [[Warwickshire]], [[England]]. Rhodes taught geology at the [[University of Durham]] between 1951 and 1954. He was appointed as a member of the [[National Science Board]] under President [[Ronald Reagan]], and as a member of the President's Educational Policy Advisory Committee by President [[George H.W. Bush]]. Between 1984 and 2002 Rhodes was on the Board of Directors of [[General Electric]]. He was elected a honorary member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Rhodes_Frank |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Rhodes_Frank |title=Frank H.T. Rhodes|publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Rhodes died on February 3, 2020 in [[Bonita Springs, Florida]] at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://ithacavoice.com/2020/02/frank-rhodes-cornells-ninth-president-dies-at-93/|title = Frank Rhodes, Cornell's ninth president, dies at 93|last = Lamb|first = Anna|date = February 4, 2020|access-date = February 4, 2020|work = Ithaca Voice}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rhodes, Frank H.T.}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American geologists]] [[Category:British geologists]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Durham]] [[Category:Cornell University faculty]] [[Category:People from Warwickshire]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] {{US-bio-stub}}