Born: 17-May-1911
Birthplace: Stony Creek, PA
Died: 1-Dec-2003
Location of death: El Cerrito, CA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Quaker
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Educator

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1952-58

Wife: Catherine Spaulding ("Kay", m. 25-Dec-1934, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Clark E. Kerr
Son: Alexander Kerr ("Sandy")
Daughter: Caroline Gage

    University: AB, Swarthmore College (1932)
    University: MA, Stanford University (1933)
    University: PhD Economics, University of California at Berkeley (1939)
    Professor: University of Washington
    Professor: Industrial Relations, University of California at Berkeley (1945-)
    Administrator: Chancellor, University of California at Berkeley (1952-58)
    Administrator: President, University of California System (1958-67)

    Conference on Higher Education in the American Republics
    Negotiation Now

Author of books:
The Uses of the University (1963)
Marshall, Marx, and Modern Times: The Multi-Dimensional Society (1969)
The Great Transformation in Higher Education: 1960-1980 (1991)
Troubled Times for American Higher Education: The 1990s and Beyond (1994)
Higher Education Cannot Escape History: Issues for the Twenty-first Century (1994)
The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California (2001-03, memoir, 2 vols.)

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