Clark Kerr 1911—

Debra D. Bragg, Frankie S. Laanan

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Widely considered one of the twentieth-century's leading experts on higher education, Clark Kerr was born in 1911 and grew up on a farm in Stony Creek, Pennsylvania. Clark's father and mother had a strong influence on his life, instilling in him an appreciation for hard work, the courage to be an independent thinker, and a life-long love for learning. Kerr felt a strong affinity for the values he found at Quaker Swarthmore: pluralism, pragmatism, principled action, and the balance between the autonomous individual and the group consensus. Kerr continued to graduate school immediately after finishing Swarthmore, completing a master's degree in economics at Stanford University in 1933, and then attending University of California at Berkeley to pursue a doctorate in economics and labour relations from 1933 to 1939. Kerr accepted the Regents offer in 1958 and served as President of the University of California system for nine years.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationFifty Modern Thinkers on Education
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Piaget to the Present Day
EditorsLiora Bresler, David Cooper, Joy Palmer
PublisherRoutledge
Pages79-85
ISBN (Electronic)9780203464694
ISBN (Print)9780415224086, 9780415224093
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StatePublished - 2001

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