Benjamin Ide Wheeler Award Committee minutes, 1928-1963.

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Benjamin Ide Wheeler Award Committee minutes, 1928-1963.

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With lists of committee members and officers and award recipients. Some related correspondence and a plaster model of the award are included.

Originals: 1 portfolio (0.25 linear feet)Copies: 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 544:1) and positive.

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Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927

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Biography Benjamin ide Wheeler, Greek scholar, philologist and president of the University of California, was born July 15, 1854 at Randolph, Massachusetts. He attended Thornton Academy and Colby Academy prior to entering Brown University. Upon his graduation in 1875, he taught in Providence High School for two years, then became a tutor at Brown from 1879 to 1881. He continued his studies in Germany, at Leipzig, Heidelberg, Jena and Berlin f...

Benjamin Ide Wheeler Award Committee.

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Beginning in 1929, the Service Council of Berkeley presented an award biennially to "Berkeley's Most Useful Citizen." This award, the Benjamin Ide Wheeler Medal, is named after the former president of the University of California, and is awarded to one person who is selected for their outstanding nonpartisan service in any field of activity that has benefited the quality of life for a significant number of people in Berkeley. The selection is made for longtime public service without regard to se...