M. R. C. Greenwood
Mary Rita Cooke Greenwood | |
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Greenwood speaks to Navy leadership in 2011 | |
| 14th President of the University of Hawaiʻi | |
| In office August 24, 2009 – September 30, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | David McClain |
| Succeeded by | David Lassner |
| 7th Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz | |
| In office July 1, 1991 – March 31, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Karl Pister |
| Succeeded by | Martin Chemers (acting) Denice Denton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1943 (age 81–82) Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Human Nutrition |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | The regulation of body weight: Developmental, behavioral and physiological considerations (1973) |
Mary Rita Cooke Greenwood (born April 11, 1943) is an American academic and nutritionist.
Greenwood had served as president of the University of Hawaiʻi and chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz. She had held leadership positions in several academic and profession societies and had served in several scientific organizations within the United States government.
She currently holds an appointment as a Distinguished Professor Emerita of Nutrition and Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis.