William J. McGill
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| William James McGill | |
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| Third Chancellor University of California, San Diego | |
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| Term | 1968 – 1970 |
| Predecessor | John Semple Galbraith |
| Successor | Herbert York |
| Born | 27 February 1922 New York City, New York, USA |
| Died | 19 October 1997 (aged 75) La Jolla, California, USA |
| Alma mater | Fordham University Harvard University |
| Institutions | University of California, San Diego Columbia University |
| Profession | Psychologist |
William James McGill (27 February 1922 – 19 October 1997) was an American psychologist, author and academic administrator.
[edit] Biography
McGill was born in New York City to a musician and labor organizer. He attended parochial Catholic schools and in 1939 began his college education at Fordham University, where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology. In 1953 he was awarded a doctorate in experimental psychology from Harvard University.
McGill was an assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1956 and then joined Columbia. He was chairman of the psychology department from 1961 to 1963 and left in 1965 to help found a psychology department at the University of California, San Diego. In 1968 he accepted the job of chancellor at U.C.S.D. after the first five job finalists had turned it down.
In 1970 he left California to become the president of Columbia University from 1970 to 1980.
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[edit] References
- Knubel, Fred (24 October 1997). "Ex-President Wm. McGill Dead at 75". Columbia University Record vol. 23 (no. 7). http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/23/07/13.html. Retrieved on 2008-11-30.
- "William James McGill." Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Volume 5: 1997-1999. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002.
- "William James McGill." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2007.
| Preceded by Andrew W. Cordier |
President of Columbia University 1970 – 1980 |
Succeeded by Michael I. Sovern |
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