Alison Richard

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Dame Alison Richard
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
In office
2004–2010
Preceded by Alec Broers
Succeeded by Leszek Borysiewicz[1]
Personal details
Born 1 March 1948 (1948-03-01) (age 63)
Bromley, Kent, England
Spouse(s) Robert E. Dewar[2]
Children Charlotte Dewar and Bessie Dewar[2]
Residence Cambridge, England
Alma mater Newnham College, Cambridge
King's College London
Religion Episcopalian

Dame Alison Fettes Richard, DBE, DL (born 1 March 1948 in Kent, England) was the 344th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.[1] She was the first female Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge since the post became full-time.[3] She is also the president of the Cambridge Network.[4]

Richard was an undergraduate at Newnham College, Cambridge, before gaining a PhD at King's College London, and went on to have an academic career in Physical Anthropology with a specialization in lemurs. She chaired the Department of Anthropology at Yale from 1986 to 1990, and later served as director of Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History. Following that she was Franklin Muzzy Crosby Professor of the Human Environment in 1998. From 1994 until 2002, she was Provost of Yale University and was offered the post of Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge in 2003 following the end of Professor Alec Broers' seven year term.[5] Her successor, Leszek Borysiewicz, was admitted in October 2010.[1]

Richard was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.[6]

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Sir Alec Broers
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
2003-2010
Succeeded by
Leszek Borysiewicz


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