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1911 - Born on May 17th in Stony Creek, Pennsylvania.
1952 - Was chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.
1958 - He became president of the university system, which he turned into a model for public universities nationwide.
1963 - In his best known book, The Uses of the University, he presented his vision for the role of a university, or “multiversity,” in the modern world.
1967 - Caught in the middle between student protesters and a conservative Board of Regents, Kerr was dismissed by the Board in February for reasons which included his handling of student demonstrations.
- Chairman of Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.
1970 - He chaired the influential Carnegie Commission on Higher Education and the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education and authored the Commission report, “Three Thousand Futures”.
2003 - Died on December 1st in El Cerrito, California.
1952 - Was chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.
1958 - He became president of the university system, which he turned into a model for public universities nationwide.
1963 - In his best known book, The Uses of the University, he presented his vision for the role of a university, or “multiversity,” in the modern world.
1967 - Caught in the middle between student protesters and a conservative Board of Regents, Kerr was dismissed by the Board in February for reasons which included his handling of student demonstrations.
- Chairman of Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.
1970 - He chaired the influential Carnegie Commission on Higher Education and the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education and authored the Commission report, “Three Thousand Futures”.
2003 - Died on December 1st in El Cerrito, California.
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- "A university anywhere can aim no higher than to be as British as possible for the sake of the undergraduates, as German as possible for the sake of the public at large-and as confused as possible for the preservation of the whole uneasy balance."
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