title: Andrew Mellon
Richard A. Tapia
George G. Williams
Claude J. Summers
David Leebron
Woodson Research Center
Jane Chance
Raymond L. Johnson
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.
Mercedes Valdivieso
sentences: Andrew William Mellon ( ; March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937) was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician.
 From the wealthy Mellon family of Pennsylvania, he established a vast business empire before transitioning into politics.
 He served as United States Secretary of the Treasury from March 9, 1921 to February 12, 1932, presiding over the boom years of the 1920s and the Wall Street crash of 1929.
 A conservative Republican, Mellon lowered taxes and government spending in the aftermath of World War I.
Richard Alfred Tapia (born March 25, 1939) is an American mathematician and champion of under-represented minorities in the sciences.
 In recognition of his broad contributions, in 2005, Tapia was named "University Professor" at Rice University in Houston, Texas, the University's highest academic title.
 The honor has been bestowed on only six professors in Rice's one-hundred-five-year history.
 On September 28, 2011, President Barack Obama announced that Tapia was among twelve scientists to be awarded the National Medal of Science, the top award the United States offers its researchers.
 Tapia is currently the Maxfield and Oshman Professor of Engineering; Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Office of Research and Graduate Studies; and Director of the Center for Excellence and Equity in Education at Rice University.
George G. Williams (1 May 1902 - 1 December 2000) was professor emeritus of English and creative writing at Rice University.
 In 1996 he was named as a Rice distinguished alumnus.
Claude J. Summers (born 1944) is an American literary scholar, and the William E. Stirton Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
 He taught at the university from 1970 until his retirement in 2002.
 He was promoted to associate professor in 1973 and to professor in 1977.
 He became the William E. Stirton Professor in Humanities in 1989, and became professor emeritus in 2002.
 He has published extensively on 17th and 20th century English literature.
David W. Leebron (born 1955) is the seventh president of Rice University.
 He has been a professor and dean of Columbia Law School, until he was named president of Rice University on July 1, 2004.
 Leebron is the first Jewish president of Rice University.
Woodson Research Center is an archive located in the Fondren Library of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
 The Center is named for Benjamin N. Woodson and houses the special collections of Rice University's Fondren Library which includes rare books, manuscripts, and the Rice University archives.
Jane Chance, also known as Jane Chance Nitzsche (born 1945) is an American scholar specializing in medieval English literature, gender studies, and J. R. R. Tolkien.
 She spent most of her career at Rice University, where since her retirement she has been the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor Emerita in English.
Raymond Lewis Johnson (b.1943) is an American mathematician, currently a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park and an adjunct professor of mathematics at Rice University.
 He was the first African-American student at Rice University, and the first African-American mathematics professor at the University of Maryland.
 His research concerns non-well-posed problems and harmonic analysis.
Hugo Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. (born in 1941) is an American philosopher, holding doctorates in both philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin and medicine from Tulane University.
 He is a professor of philosophy at Rice University, in Houston, Texas, specializing in the history and philosophy of medicine, particularly from the standpoint of continental philosophy.
 He is also a professor emeritus at Baylor College of Medicine, and a member of the Baylor Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy.
Mercedes Valdivieso (March 1, 1924 – August 3, 1993) was a Chilean writer, known since her earliest writings for the subversive nature of her texts.
 She was born in Santiago, Chile.
 She first wrote "La Brecha" (“Breakthrough”) in 1961, which is considered to be a landmark feminist Latin-American novel.
 This novel caused dismay from the reactionary segment of society and loud applause from the critics and is considered a revolutionary departure from the traditional treatment of the feminine role in marriage.
 “Breakthrough” is a novel that ends with the heroine's awareness that she didn’t really need to depend upon a man in order to lead a fulfilling life.
 The book enjoyed an unexpected publishing success and went through five consecutive editions.
 Mercedes Valdivieso had the extreme audacity to become an innovator; she bridged the gap between romantic and domestic fiction in a society where women have been viewed as a sexless gender, icons of virtue, and depending on men to meet the necessities of life.
 Valdivieso also was founder and director of "Adan," a men's magazine, and "Breakthrough," a feminist publication, she published articles in newspapers and magazines and she gave many lectures and speeches.
 She taught literature at the University of Peking, at the University of Houston, at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches,at University of St. Thomas in Houston and she was a Professor Emeritus at Rice University.

Question: Question: Jane Chance has been the professor emeritus in English at Rice University, a title named after which American banker and industrialist? 

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 Andrew William Mellon ( ; March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937) was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician.
 From the wealthy Mellon family of Pennsylvania, he established a vast business empire before transitioning into politics.
 He served as United States Secretary of the Treasury from March 9, 1921 to February 12, 1932, presiding over the boom years of the 1920s and the Wall Street crash of 1929.
 A conservative Republican, Mellon lowered taxes and government spending in the aftermath of World War I. 

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 Richard Alfred Tapia (born March 25, 1939) is an American mathematician and champion of under-represented minorities in the sciences.
 In recognition of his broad contributions, in 2005, Tapia was named "University Professor" at Rice University in Houston, Texas, the University's highest academic title.
 The honor has been bestowed on only six professors in Rice's one-hundred-five-year history.
 On September 28, 2011, President Barack Obama announced that Tapia was among twelve scientists to be awarded the National Medal of Science, the top award the United States offers its researchers.
 Tapia is currently the Maxfield and Oshman Professor of Engineering; Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Office of Research and Graduate Studies; and Director of the Center for Excellence and Equity in Education at Rice University. 

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 Claude J. Summers (born 1944) is an American literary scholar, and the William E. Stirton Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
 He taught at the university from 1970 until his retirement in 2002.
 He was promoted to associate professor in 1973 and to professor in 1977.
 He became the William E. Stirton Professor in Humanities in 1989, and became professor emeritus in 2002.
 He has published extensively on 17th and 20th century English literature. 

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 David W. Leebron (born 1955) is the seventh president of Rice University.
 He has been a professor and dean of Columbia Law School, until he was named president of Rice University on July 1, 2004.
 Leebron is the first Jewish president of Rice University. 

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 Woodson Research Center is an archive located in the Fondren Library of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
 The Center is named for Benjamin N. Woodson and houses the special collections of Rice University's Fondren Library which includes rare books, manuscripts, and the Rice University archives. 

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 Jane Chance, also known as Jane Chance Nitzsche (born 1945) is an American scholar specializing in medieval English literature, gender studies, and J. R. R. Tolkien.
 She spent most of her career at Rice University, where since her retirement she has been the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor Emerita in English. 

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 Hugo Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. (born in 1941) is an American philosopher, holding doctorates in both philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin and medicine from Tulane University.
 He is a professor of philosophy at Rice University, in Houston, Texas, specializing in the history and philosophy of medicine, particularly from the standpoint of continental philosophy.
 He is also a professor emeritus at Baylor College of Medicine, and a member of the Baylor Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. 

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 Mercedes Valdivieso (March 1, 1924 – August 3, 1993) was a Chilean writer, known since her earliest writings for the subversive nature of her texts.
 She was born in Santiago, Chile.
 She first wrote "La Brecha" (“Breakthrough”) in 1961, which is considered to be a landmark feminist Latin-American novel.
 This novel caused dismay from the reactionary segment of society and loud applause from the critics and is considered a revolutionary departure from the traditional treatment of the feminine role in marriage.
 “Breakthrough” is a novel that ends with the heroine's awareness that she didn’t really need to depend upon a man in order to lead a fulfilling life.
 The book enjoyed an unexpected publishing success and went through five consecutive editions.
 Mercedes Valdivieso had the extreme audacity to become an innovator; she bridged the gap between romantic and domestic fiction in a society where women have been viewed as a sexless gender, icons of virtue, and depending on men to meet the necessities of life.
 Valdivieso also was founder and director of "Adan," a men's magazine, and "Breakthrough," a feminist publication, she published articles in newspapers and magazines and she gave many lectures and speeches.
 She taught literature at the University of Peking, at the University of Houston, at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches,at University of St. Thomas in Houston and she was a Professor Emeritus at Rice University. 

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Answer: Andrew William Mellon