Records of the President's Office Werner A. Baum Papers Baum (Werner A.) papers 1949-1974

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Records of the President's Office Werner A. Baum Papers Baum (Werner A.) papers 1949-1974

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The Records of the President, Werner A. Baum, consists of the administrative files maintained by Werner A. Baum during his tenure as president of the University of Rhode Island. They document both the continued growth of the University and the adjustments it had to make to a new generation of activist students, a unionized faculty, and a governing board which took an often intrusive interest in the day to day activities of campus administration.

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University of Rhode Island Library Special Collections and Archives Unit

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Baum, Werner A.

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Werner A. Baum was born in Germany on April 10, 1923 and became a naturalized citizen in 1934. Baum was the seventh president of the University of Rhode Island, serving from July 5, 1968 to August 14, 1973. He earned all of his academic degrees from the University of Chicago; a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 1943, a Master of Science degree in Meteorology in 1944, and a doctorate in Meteorology in 1948. Baum came to the presidency of the University of Rhode Island...