Records, 1818-[ongoing].

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Records, 1818-[ongoing].

Contains the papers of the following chancellors: Robert Bruce (1819-1835); Morgan Gilbert (1835-1836); Heman Dyer (1843-1849); David H. Riddle (1849-1856; acting); George Woods (1858-1880); Milton Goff (1884-1890); William Jacob Holland (1891-1901); Samuel B. McCormick (1904-1920); John Gabbert Bowman (1921-1945); Rufus H. Fitzgerald (1945-1955); Charles B. Nutting (1955-1956; acting); Edward H. Litchfield (1956-1965); Stanton C. Crawford (1965-1966; acting); David H. Kurtzman (1966-1967; acting); Wesley W. Posvar (1967-1991).

262 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7323151

University of Pittsburgh

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Western University of Pennsylvania. Chancellor

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Nutting, Charles B. (Charles Bernard), 1906-1993

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Posvar, Wesley

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University of Pittsburgh. President.

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Holland, W. J. 1848-1932.

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University of Pittsburgh. Chancellor

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Dr. David H. Kurtzman came to the University of Pittsburgh as its Vice Chancellor for Finance in July of 1965. He assumed his new duties at the height of a financial crisis at the University. Seven months later, the institution faced another crisis, the death of Acting Chancellor Stanton C. Crawford in 1966. Dr. Kurtzman was asked to serve as the Chancellor until the University named a permanent Chancellor. In his capacity as Acting Chancellor, Kurtzman guided the University through the transiti...

Riddle, D. H. 1805-1888.

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University of Pittsburgh. United Faculty

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Throughout its history the University of Pittsburgh has received occasional support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the early 1960s it suffered an unprecedented fiscal crisis and sought a solution that linked it to the Commonwealth. On August 23, 1966, House Bill No. 2 of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania was signed and the University officially became state-related. From the description of State-related status of the University of Pittsburgh files, 1936-1983. (Universit...

Litchfield, Edward H. (Edward Harold), 1914-1968

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Western University of Pennsylvania. Principal.

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Western University of Pennsylvania. President.

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Dyer, Heman, 1810-1900

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Bowman, John G. (John Gabbert), 1877-1962

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The first University of Iowa alumnus to become its president, John Gabbert Bowman was also the school's first Iowa-born chief administrator. The Davenport native received the B.A. degree in 1899, the M.A. in 1904, and the Litt. D. in 1934. While university president, Bowman oversaw the formation of the colleges of Education and Fine Arts, the latter existing as a college for only a few years until it was reorganized as a school within the College of Liberal Arts. He also promoted the work of the...