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{{Short description|American academic administrator (1947–2021)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = Marye Anne Fox CHF Heritage Day 2012 Rush 003.JPG
| caption             = Fox in 2012
| order               = 7th
| title               = Chancellor of the<br />[[University of California San Diego]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Marye Anne Fox|url=http://mafox.ucsd.edu/|publisher=University of California, San Diego|access-date=2 April 2014}}</ref>
| term_start          = 2004
| term_end            = 2012
| predecessor         = [[Robert C. Dynes]]
| successor           = [[Pradeep Khosla]]
| order2              = 12th
| title2              = Chancellor of<br />[[North Carolina State University]]
| term_start2         = August 1998
| term_end2           = June 2004
| predecessor2        = [[Larry K. Monteith]]
| successor2          = [[Robert A. Barnhardt]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|df=yes|1947|12|09}}
| birth_place         = [[Canton, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2021|05|09|1947|12|09|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Austin, Texas]], U.S.
| alma_mater          = [[Notre Dame College]]<br>[[Cleveland State University]]<br>[[Dartmouth College]]
| residence           = San Diego, California
| profession          = Chemist, administrator
| spouse              = James K. Whitesell
| module              = {{infobox scientist
| embed = yes
| workplaces        = [[University of Texas at Austin]]<br>[[North Carolina State University]]<br>[[University of Notre Dame]]<br>[[University of California, San Diego]]
| thesis_title = Photorearrangements of aryl halides
| thesis_year = 1974
| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/911881
| doctoral_advisor = [[David M. Lemal]]
| field = [[Chemistry]]
}}
| name                = Marye Anne Fox
}}
'''Marye Anne Payne Fox''' (9 December 1947 – 9 May 2021) was an American physical organic chemist and university administrator. She was the first female chief executive of [[North Carolina State University]] in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]. In April 2004, Fox was named chancellor of the [[University of California, San Diego]]. In 2010 Fox received the [[National Medal of Science]].

==Biography==
===Early years===
Fox was born in [[Canton, Ohio]], and received her B.S. from [[Notre Dame College]] and her PhD from [[Dartmouth College]], both in chemistry. She held a postdoctoral appointment at the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]] from 1974 to 1976.  In the later year, she joined the faculty of the [[University of Texas at Austin]], and in 1994 she became vice president of research there.

===Career===
A member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marye Anne Fox|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/48392.html|access-date=2021-12-16|website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> Fox served as president of the scientific research society [[Sigma Xi]]. She earned a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in chemistry from [[Notre Dame College]] in 1969 and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] from [[Dartmouth College]] in 1974. In 1976 she joined the faculty of the [[University of Texas at Austin]], where she rose to direct the [[Center for Fast Kinetics Research]] and, in 1994, was appointed the university's vice president for research. Even as a university administrator, she maintained an active research program in the fields of organic photochemistry and electrochemistry. In 1985, Fox was the first woman to give a plenary lecture at the [[National Organic Symposium]].<ref name="Fenlon">{{cite journal|last1=Fenlon|first1=Edward E.|last2=Myers|first2=Brian J.|title=Profiles in Chemistry: A Historical Perspective on the National Organic Symposium|journal=The Journal of Organic Chemistry|date=30 May 2013|volume=78|issue=12|pages=5817–5831|doi=10.1021/jo302475j|pmid=23721508}}</ref>

She was appointed the twelfth chancellor of [[North Carolina State University]] in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], in August 1998, succeeding Dr. [[Larry K. Monteith]]. She was the university's first female chief executive, serving until July 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marye Anne Fox becomes the first female chancellor at NC State (1998)|url=http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/1998-marye-anne-fox-becomes-the-first-female-chancellor-at-nc-state|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710213912/http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/1998-marye-anne-fox-becomes-the-first-female-chancellor-at-nc-state|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2012|access-date=4 January 2012|author=Historical State: History in Red and White}}</ref> During her tenure as Chancellor, the UNC system and its board of governors successfully campaigned for a taxpayer-funded bond referendum leading to a significant period of growth of the physical facilities of the campus, particularly Centennial Campus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marye Anne Fox: Twelfth Chief Executive, 1998-2004|url=http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/chief-executives/marye-anne-fox|access-date=4 January 2012|author=Historical State: History in Red and White|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614092837/http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/chief-executives/marye-anne-fox|archive-date=14 June 2010}}</ref> Her tenure was also marked by controversy over excessive pay raises for members of her administration and the firing of two prominent vice provosts that led to the resignation of the provost and a formal [[censure|censuring]] by the NC State Faculty Senate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael David Anthony|url=http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/student-leaders/michael-david-anthony|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714050322/http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/student-leaders/michael-david-anthony|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2012|access-date=4 January 2012|author=Historical State: History in Red and White}}</ref>

In June 2003, Fox played a role in the expansion of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Reached in Switzerland at a conference, she cast an unexpected and deciding "no" vote against [[Boston College]] in the first round of [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] expansion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vilona|first=Bill|title=Boston College accepts invite from ACC|url=http://www.centralohio.com/ohiostate/stories/20031013/football/445785.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123142426/http://www.centralohio.com/ohiostate/stories/20031013/football/445785.html |archive-date=23 November 2007 |access-date=2 April 2014|newspaper=Buckeye Buzz|date=13 October 2003}}</ref> Her unanticipated vote at the 11th hour resulted in months of turmoil in college sports. [[University of Miami|Miami]] President [[Donna Shalala]] delayed her university's acceptance of the ACC invitation to the last possible day explaining "We had numbers on Boston College-Virginia Tech. We had done numbers on Miami alone. But we had not anticipated that Virginia Tech and Miami would be the only two invitees."<ref>{{cite news |last=Svrluga |first=Barry |title=Miami on hold |url=http://www.ncsu.edu/news/dailyclips/0603/062703.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405003203/http://www.ncsu.edu/news/dailyclips/0603/062703.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 April 2014 |access-date=2 April 2014 |newspaper=The News & Observer |date=27 June 2003 }}</ref> The ensuing delay forced the ACC to spend the 2004–5 academic year as an 11-team conference, one shy of the dozen required by the NCAA for the ACC to hold a lucrative championship football game, and resulted in Boston College playing a "lame duck" year in the Big East.<ref>[http://www.techsideline.com/newsarch/2004/20040113news.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043622/http://www.techsideline.com/newsarch/2004/20040113news.htm|date=27 September 2007}}</ref> Media reports suggested Chancellor Fox, a University of Notre Dame trustee, may have cast her vote against Boston College to provide time for the ACC to consider extending membership to the Fighting Irish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wndu.com/sports/092003/sports_21942.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20031222180309/http://www.wndu.com/sports/092003/sports_21942.php|url-status=dead|title=WNDU-TV: Sports Story: Is ND heading for a change in conference statu…|date=22 December 2003|archive-date=22 December 2003|website=wndu.com}}</ref>

In 2004, Fox accepted the position of Chancellor at the [[University of California, San Diego]]. In the same year, and in spite of the faculty's censure vote, the NCSU Board of Trustees named a building after her, the Marye Anne Fox Science Teaching Laboratory.  On 5 July 2011, she announced her intention to resign as Chancellor, effective June 2012, and return to her research and teaching.<ref>{{cite news|last=Day|first=Kathy|title=Committee named to assist in search to replace UCSD chancellor|url=http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/10/14/committee-named-to-assist-in-search-to-replace-ucsd-chancellor/|access-date=2 April 2014|newspaper=La Jolla Light|date=14 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092350/http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/10/14/committee-named-to-assist-in-search-to-replace-ucsd-chancellor/|archive-date=7 April 2014}}</ref>

Fox served as a science advisor to [[George W. Bush]] during his tenure as governor of [[Texas]]. She also served on President Bush's [[United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology|Council of Advisors on Science and Technology]] and was on the short list of candidates to head the White House [[Office of Science and Technology Policy]] in Bush's presidential administration.

Fox served as a trustee on the [[Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College]] from 2011 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~trustees/emeriti/ |title=Trustees Emeriti |publisher=Dartmouth College |access-date=20 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030001812/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~trustees/emeriti/ |archive-date=30 October 2013 }}</ref>

===Personal life===
Fox was married to chemistry professor James K. Whitesell, with whom she had five sons from their previous marriages.

Fox died at her home on May 9th, 2021 after a long illness.<ref name="honoring">{{cite web |url=https://leadership.ncsu.edu/2021/05/10/honoring-marye-anne-fox |title=Honoring former Chancellor Marye Anne Fox |last=Woodson |first=Randy |date=10 May 2021 |website=N.C. State University |access-date=10 May 2021 }}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
* [[Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award]] (1984), [[Iota Sigma Pi]]
* [[Garvan-Olin Medal]] (1988)
* Havinga Medal (1991), first woman recipient<ref name=Havinga>{{cite web|title=Havinga Medal Laureates|url=http://www.havingafoundation.org/awarded-medals/|website=Havinga Foundation.org|access-date=7 April 2015}}</ref>
* [[Myron L. Bender]] and Muriel S. Bender Summer Lectureship, [[Northwestern University]] (1994)
*Elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marye Anne Fox|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/marye-anne-fox|access-date=2021-12-16|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|language=en}}</ref>
*Elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Marye+Anne+Fox&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-12-16|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>
* [[Charles Lathrop Parsons Award]], [[American Chemical Society]], (2005)<ref name="Rovner">{{cite journal|last1=Rovner|first1=Sophie L.|title=PARSONS AWARD TO MARYE ANNE FOX ACS honors North Carolina State chancellor for outstanding service|journal=Chemical & Engineering News|date=5 April 2004|volume=82|issue=14|page=16|doi=10.1021/cen-v082n014.p016|url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/82/i14/PARSONS-AWARD-MARYE-ANNE-FOX.html|access-date=29 January 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[National Medal of Science]] (2010)<ref>{{cite press release |last=Clark |first= Christine |title=White House Names UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox National Medal of Science Recipient |url=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/archive/newsrel/awards/10-15chancellorsmedal.asp |publisher=UC San Diego |access-date=2014-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Marye Anne Fox|url=https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.jsp?recip_id=5300000000464|work=The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details|publisher=National Science Foundation|access-date=2 April 2014}}</ref>
* [[Othmer Gold Medal]] (2012)<ref name="OthmerMedal">{{cite web|title=Othmer Gold Medal|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/othmer-gold-medal|access-date=22 March 2018|website=Science History Institute|date=2016-05-31}}</ref><ref name=2012NDC>{{cite news|title=Alumna to Receive Othmer Gold Medal|url=http://www.notredamecollege.edu/about/news/announcements/alumna-receive-othmer-gold-medal|access-date=12 June 2014|work=Notre Dame College|date=31 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714124128/http://www.notredamecollege.edu/about/news/announcements/alumna-receive-othmer-gold-medal|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012BJ>{{cite news|last1=Gussman|first1=Neil|title=Marye Anne Fox to Receive Othmer Gold Medal at Heritage Day 2012|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2012/01/30/DC41232|access-date=12 June 2014|work=The Business Journals|date=30 January 2013}}</ref>
* Revelle Medal (2018)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/findingaids/mss0764.html Marye Anne Fox Papers] MSS 764. [http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/sca/ Special Collections & Archives], UC San Diego Library.
*[https://library.ucsd.edu/speccoll/findingaids/rss0001.html UC San Diego. Office of the Chancellor Subject Files] RSS 1. [https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/special-collections-and-archives/index.html Special Collections & Archives], UC San Diego Library.

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