Jan. 30, 2017 In becoming Provost, David followed in the footsteps of other IR faculty associates who served as top administrators at Princeton. These include J. Douglas Brown (Dean of the Faculty and Princeton’s first Provost), Richard Lester (Dean of the Faculty), William Bowen (Provost and President), Albert Rees (Provost), and Cecilia Rouse (currently Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School).