Neil Leon Rudenstine

Neil Leon Rudenstine (born January 21, 1935) is an U.S. educator, literary scholar, and administrator.

Rudenstine grew up in Danbury, Connecticut, where he attended the Wooster School on a scholarship. He studied the humanities at Princeton University (B.A. 1956) and later attended New College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1964, he received a Ph.D. in English literature from Harvard University. His thesis was on the poetic development of Sir Philip Sidney.

Most of Rudenstine's career has been dedicated to educational administration. He served as provost of Princeton University between 1977 and 1988, as executive vice-president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation from 1988 to 1991, and as president of Harvard University from 1991 to 2001. At Harvard he gained a reputation as an effective fund-raiser.

Rudenstine currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of ARTstor .