Don Michael Randel is the twelfth and current president of the University of Chicago. He took office on July 1, 2000, replacing the controversial Hugo F. Sonnenschein. Previously, he had served as provost of Cornell University and dean of its College of Arts and Sciences. President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the ecclesiastical title of provost. ... For other uses of the name Cornell, see Cornell (disambiguation). ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... The Arts Quad includes the original three buildings of the University, Morrill Hall, McGraw Hall, and White Hall, seen on the left. ...

In his academic work, Randel specializes in the music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. He has served as editor of both the well-known New Harvard Dictionary of Music and the Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. He is a triple alumus of Princeton University, having earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in musicology. Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music Wikicities has a wiki about Music: Music Music City : a collaborative music database All Music Guide... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... By Region: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance *French Renaissance *German Renaissance *English Renaissance The Renaissance was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... For other Princetons, see Princeton. ...

On July 26, 2005, Randel announced that he would leave the University of Chicago to assume the presidency of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. He will serve out the 2005-2006 school year at Chicago before switching. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is a foundation endowed with wealth accumulated by the late Andrew W. Mellon. ...

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• Don Michael Randel elected 12th President of the University of Chicago