Clark Kerr

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Clark Kerr was an influential American academic and administrator who served as president of the University of California system during the turbulent 1960s, becoming a central figure in debates over student activism and free speech.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic
economist
human
university administrator
academicDiscipline economics
industrial relations
awardReceived American Council on Education Distinguished Service Award
Presidential Medal of Freedom
causeOfEndOfPosition dismissal by the Regents of the University of California
child Alexander Kerr
coAuthor Charles A. Myers
Frederick H. Harbison
John T. Dunlop
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1911-05-17
dateOfDeath 2003-12-01
educatedAt Stanford University
Swarthmore College
University of California, Berkeley
employer University of California
University of California, Berkeley
endTime 1958 (as Chancellor of UC Berkeley)
1967 (as President of the University of California)
familyName Kerr
fieldOfWork higher education policy
labor economics
fullName Clark Kerr
givenName Clark
knownFor California Master Plan for Higher Education
leadership of the University of California system
role in the Free Speech Movement era at UC Berkeley
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Education
notableIdea multiversity
notableWork Industrialism and Industrial Man
The Gold and the Blue
The Uses of the University
placeOfBirth Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath El Cerrito, California, United States
politicalEventInvolved Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley
President of the University of California
religion Quaker
replacedBy Charles J. Hitch
replaces Robert Gordon Sproul
residence Berkeley, California, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Catherine Spaulding Kerr
startTime 1952 (as Chancellor of UC Berkeley)
1958 (as President of the University of California)


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