Roger W. Heyns
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 chancellor of the University of California.
Education[]
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[]
He was the chancellor of UC Berkeley 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] He also served as president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and co-founded the Public Policy Institute of California.[5][6]
References[]
- ^ Hearings, U.S. House Committee on Science and Astronautics
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Roger W. Heyns, 77, Head of Berkeley in the 60's - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ "Days of Cal | Roger W. Heyns". bancroft.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Obituaries : Roger W. Heyns; Chancellor of UC Berkeley in Turbulent 1960s - latimes". articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ Baldassare, Mark (2017-11-09). "In Memoriam: Arjay Miller". ppic.org. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
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- 1918 births
- 1995 deaths
- Leaders of the University of California, Berkeley
- University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni