Stephen Malcolm Gillis (December 28, 1940 – October 4, 2015) was an American academic.

He served as the sixth president of Rice University in Houston, Texas, from 1993 until 2004.

[2][3] While he was a student at Florida, he became a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

[4] Prior to serving as Rice University president, Gillis was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Duke University (1991–1993) and Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Duke (1986–1991).

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