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Roger W. Heyns

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Roger William Heyns (January 27, 1918, Grand Rapids, Michigan – September 11, 1995, Volos, Greece)[1][2] was an American professor and academic who served as the fourth chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley from 1965 to 1971.

Education

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He received his A.B. degree from Calvin College in 1940 and his M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan.[3]

Career

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Heyns spent the first part of his career as a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, where he had obtained his graduate degrees. He started teaching there in 1947, two years before receiving his doctorate, and in 1957 was promoted to dean of UMich's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. In 1961, he was again promoted to vice president of academic affairs.

Heyns served as UC Berkeley's chancellor from 1965 to 1971.[2] UC President Clark Kerr later wrote that of all the chancellors he personally worked with, Heyns had the most tormenting assignment of all.[4]

In 1968, Heyns became involved in the turmoil of Berkeley's Free Speech Movement.[2] After retiring from the chancellorship, Heyns went on to serve as president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and also co-founded the Public Policy Institute of California.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Hearings, U.S. House Committee on Science and Astronautics
  2. ^ a b c "Roger W. Heyns, 77, Head of Berkeley in the 60's - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  3. ^ "Days of Cal | Roger W. Heyns". bancroft.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  4. ^ Kerr, Clark (2001). The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967, Volume 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 318. ISBN 9780520223677. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Obituaries : Roger W. Heyns; Chancellor of UC Berkeley in Turbulent 1960s - latimes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  6. ^ Baldassare, Mark (2017-11-09). "In Memoriam: Arjay Miller". ppic.org. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
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