Rich Lyons

Rich Lyons
Lyons in 2008
12th Chancellor of University of California, Berkeley
Assumed office
July 1, 2024
Preceded byCarol T. Christ
Personal details
Born
Richard Kent Lyons

(1961-02-10) February 10, 1961 (age 63)
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
ThesisThree essays on exchange rate determination (1988)
Doctoral advisorRudiger Dornbusch

Richard Kent Lyons (born 1961; commonly as Rich Lyons[1][2]) is an American economist and academic, currently serving as the 12th chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley since July 2024. He served as the 14th dean of the Haas School of Business from 2008 to 2018 and as Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer at UC Berkeley from 2020 to 2024.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Chancellor Lyons Biography | Office of the Chancellor". chancellor.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  2. ^ "Rich Lyons, longtime campus business, innovation leader, will be UC Berkeley's next chancellor". University of California. 2024-04-11. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  3. ^ "Lyons's Haas School of Business Faculty Biography". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  4. ^ Pohl, Jason. "Rich Lyons, longtime campus business, innovation leader, will be UC Berkeley's next chancellor". Berkeley News. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 10 April 2024.