Harlan Hatcher | |
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8th President of the University of Michigan | |
In office 1951–1967 | |
Preceded by | Alexander G. Ruthven |
Succeeded by | Robben Wright Fleming |
Personal details | |
Born | Ironton, Ohio | September 9, 1898
Died | February 25, 1998 Ann Arbor, Michigan | (aged 99)
Harlan Henthorne Hatcher (September 9, 1898 – February 25, 1998) [1] served as the eighth President of the University of Michigan from 1951 to 1967.
Harlan Henthorne Hatcher was born on September 9, 1898, in Ironton, Ohio. [1] [2] He received a B.A., an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. [2] He also attended the University of Chicago as a graduate student. [2]
He worked as a Professor of American Literature at Ohio State University, then as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1944, and as Vice President in 1948. [1] [2] In 1951, he became the eighth President of the University of Michigan. [1] He helped expand the budget from $44.5 million to more than $186 million, and enrollment from 17,000 to 37,000. [1] [2] He also established additional campuses in Flint and Dearborn. [1] In 1954, he condoned the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee and fired two faculty members for suspicions of Communism. [2] He stepped down in 1967. [1] In 1968, the Graduate Library was named after him. [1] He wrote three novels and several academic volumes. [2]