Mack, Raymond W.

Raymond W. Mack was born on July 15, 1927 in Ashtabula, Ohio. Raymond W. Mack began his career at Northwestern as an assistant professor of sociology in 1953. After becoming a full professor in 1962 he also became founding director of Northwestern's new Center for Urban Affairs from 1968-1971, then left teaching to become Vice President and Dean of Faculties from 1971-1974. The role of the Dean of Faculties was to supervise programs and personnel of schools and departments (not including the medical and dental schools). In 1974 he was named Provost, succeeding Payson Wild, who had been the first to hold the position of Provost. At this time the position of Dean of Faculties was eliminated, and the job of overseeing the university's schools and departments was incorporated into Mack's expanded administrative role as Provost. In 1987 Mack returned to teaching and research, which he continued until his retirement in 1992.

Mack received an A.B. degree from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio in 1949. Mack took his M.A. (1951) and his Ph.D. (1953) from the University of North Carolina. He taught briefly at the University of Mississippi before joining the faculty of Northwestern.

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