 Marye Anne Fox Marye Anne Fox (born 9 December 1947) is a 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.
A world-class researcher, Fox is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has served as served as president of the scientific research society Sigma Xi. Fox earned a B.S. in chemistry from Notre Dame College in 1969 and a Ph.D. 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.
She was appointed the 12th 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. During her tenure as Chancellor, she presided over a significant period of growth, both of the physical facilities of the campus and of the university's reputation. On the NCSU campus, the Marye Anne Fox Science Teaching Laboratory is named in her honor.
Fox is well-connected within the U.S. Republican Party, having served as a science advisor to George W. Bush during his tenure as governor of Texas. She was on the short list of candidates to head the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in Bush's presidential administration.
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