Political scientist and leader in higher education, 1947-1995 :
oral history transcript :
sixteenth president of the University of California, chancellor at UC Irvine and the University of Illinois /
Jack W. Peltason ; with introductions by Richard C. Atkinson and Austin Ranney. Interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
2001.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Subjects
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. /
Dept. of Political Science
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. / Dept. of Political Science /
Faculty.
American Council on Education.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign /
Administration
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign / Administration /
History.
University of California, Irvine
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University of California, Irvine /
Administration
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University of California, Irvine / Administration /
History.
University of California (System)
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University of California (System) /
History.
University of California (System)
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University of California (System) /
Administration
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University of California (System) / Administration /
History.
Education, Higher
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Education, Higher /
Illinois
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Education, Higher / Illinois /
Administration
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Education, Higher / Illinois / Administration /
History.
Education, Higher
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Education, Higher /
California
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Education, Higher / California /
Administration
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Education, Higher / California / Administration /
History.
College presidents
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College presidents /
California
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College presidents / California /
Interviews.
Oral histories.
- Summary
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includes newspaper clippings on UC issues as President.
(cont.) employee retirement plans, technology transfer initiative, affirmative action in admissions and hiring; retirement as president, 1995; service on corporate and foundation boards; role of wife, Suzanne Toll Peltason; fatherhood and grandfatherhood; reflections on Dan Aldrich, Clark Kerr, Donald Bren, David Gardner, Charles Young, Ward Connerly, and others.
Family and youth in Kansas and Missouri; education at the University of Missouri and Princeton in political science; study of political processes in the judiciary; teaching at Smith College, 1947-1951; University of Illinois Department of Political Science, 1951-1960, and dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1960-1964; founding vice chancellor of UC Irvine, 1964-1967: developing academic plan, recruiting faculty; first chancellor of the University of Illinois, 1967-1977: African American student and antiwar protests, academic programs, athletics, efforts to diversify student body and staff; president, American Council on Education, 1977-1984; chancellor at UC Irvine, 1984-1992: medical school issues, fundraising, community relations, the Irvine Company, partnering with Hitachi Corporation, recruiting faculty, diversity issues, new academic programs, administrative staff; shared governance at UC; selection as president of University of California, 1992, crises over executive compensation and state budget; restructuring Office of the President, selection of four new chancellors, relations with the Board of Regents, campus chancellors, Academic Council, the press; securing state budget increases; debates over tenth campus, student fee hikes,
- Note
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Forms part of the University history series.
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3192 C:1-32.
- Physical Description
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Supplemental material:
1 v. ;
31 cm.
Phonotapes:
32 sound cassettes.
Transcript:
1 v. (xiii, 734 p.) :
ill., ports. ;
29 cm.
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