Mary Brown Bullock is an American academic who served as the seventh president of
Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott College is a private women's liberal arts college in Decatur, Georgia. The college enrolls approximately 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and is considered one of the ...
in
Decatur, GA
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from 1995 to August 1, 2006. She was the inaugural executive vice chancellor of
Duke Kunshan University
Duke Kunshan University (DKU) is a Wuhan University–Duke University joint venture, independently accredited university in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
In 2018, Duke Kunshan University welcomed their first inaugural undergraduate class.
Histo ...
.
Early life
As a child, Bullock lived in Korea with her parents. Her father was
G. Thompson Brown, a Presbyterian missionary. She graduated
Phi Beta Kappa
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from
Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott College is a private women's liberal arts college in Decatur, Georgia. The college enrolls approximately 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and is considered one of the ...
in 1966, and continued her education at
Stanford University
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, where she earned her
master’s degree
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doctorate
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degree in
Chinese
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history in 1973.
Career
Dr. Bullock is specialist on Chinese history, a member of the board of trustees for the Asia Foundation and the Council on Foreign Relations, chair of the
China Medical Board of New York and a director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. She serves on the boards of directors for
SunTrust Bank
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and
Atlanta and Genuine Parts Company. Recently, Dr. Bullock completed terms as chair of the
Women's College Coalition The Women's College Coalition (WCC) was founded in 1972 and describes itself as an "association of women’s colleges and universities that are two- and four-year, public and private, religiously affiliated and secular."
Leadership
*Chair: Ann McEl ...
and
the National Association of Independent Colleges, and as a director of the
American Council of Education
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. As of fall 2006, Dr. Bullock became a policy fellow at the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and joined the faculty of
Emory University
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as Visiting Distinguished Professor of China Studies in the fall of 2007. From 1988 to 1995, Dr. Bullock presided as director of the Asia Program at
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in
Washington, D.C.
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, and, for part of that period, was a professorial lecturer at
Johns Hopkins University
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's
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
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School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
From 1977 to 1988, she was director, and from 1973 to 1977, professional associate of the
Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China. She is the author of ''An American Transplant: The Rockefeller Foundation and Peking Union Medical College'' and numerous journal articles.
Agnes Scott Presidency
At the beginning of her presidency in 1995, Bullock initiated a campaign to increase the student population of
Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott College is a private women's liberal arts college in Decatur, Georgia. The college enrolls approximately 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and is considered one of the ...
to over 1,000 students. In Bullock's final year of presidency, the college reached her goal: the student population was at 1,032, up from 608 students in 1995.
As President of Agnes Scott College, Bullock created a true legacy and initiated the largest campaign in the college's history: a building program which renovated many of the historic buildings at Agnes Scott and built several new structures. The McCain Library was enlarged and new technology was introduced; the Letitia Pate Evans Dining Hall was dramatically redesigned and renovated; and a new parking deck with an adjacent Public Safety Office were added as well. Additionally, Bullock oversaw a large addition to the Bradley Observatory, including a 75-seat planetarium with a Zeiss projector system, and a
LIDAR
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laboratory. The biggest structural achievement during Bullock's reign was the $36.5 million Science Center that includes a three-story length painting of Agnes Scott's actual
DNA, along with state-of-the-art equipment in all the labs. In a naming ceremony in January 2006, the Science Center became Mary Brown Bullock Science Center. She also succeeded in creating a strong
endowment
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plan and increased funds for aesthetic and technological improvements designed to boost its national reputation.
Bullock currently lives with her husband, George, an energy consultant, in Decatur, GA, near
Atlanta
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.
Duke Kunshan University
In September 2012, Bullock was named executive vice chancellor of
Duke Kunshan University
Duke Kunshan University (DKU) is a Wuhan University–Duke University joint venture, independently accredited university in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
In 2018, Duke Kunshan University welcomed their first inaugural undergraduate class.
Histo ...
, a collaboration between
Duke University
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and
Wuhan University
Wuhan University (WHU; ) is a public research university in Wuhan, Hubei. The university is sponsored by the Ministry of Education. Wuhan university was founded as one of the four elite universities in the early republican period of China and i ...
. Bullock served until 2015.
Selected publications
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References
* Interview with Bullock.
External links
Agnes Scott College Official Website
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American educational theorists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Agnes Scott College people
Children of American missionaries in China