Thomas Alva Bartlett (born August 20, 1930) is an American educator who is most notable for having served as president of several universities and university systems.
Thomas A. Bartlett | |
|---|---|
| 8th Chancellor of the State University of New York | |
| In office 1994–1996 | |
| Preceded by | D. Bruce Johnstone |
| Succeeded by | John W. Ryan |
| 9th Chancellor of the Oregon University System | |
| In office 1989–1994 | |
| Preceded by | William E. Davis |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Cox |
| 2nd Chancellor of the University of Alabama System | |
| In office 1982–1987 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph F. Volker |
| Succeeded by | Philip E. Austin |
| 1st President of the Association of American Universities | |
| In office 1977–1982 | |
| Succeeded by | Robert M. Rosenzweig |
| 11th President of Colgate University | |
| In office 1969–1977 | |
| Preceded by | Vincent MacDowell Barnett Jr. |
| Succeeded by | George D. Langdon, Jr. |
| 4th President of American University in Cairo | |
| In office 1963–1969 | |
| Preceded by | Raymond F. McLain |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Thoron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 24, 1930 Salem, Oregon, United States |
| Spouse | Mary (Molly) Louise Bixby (1954) |
| Education | Willamette University Stanford University (AB, 1951) Oxford University (MA) Stanford University (PhD, 1959) |
Bartlett was born in Salem, Oregon, and was youngest of three sons of Cleave Bartlett, an auditor-bookkeeper and real estate broker, and the former Alma Hanson, a housewife.[1] In 1947, he graduated from Salem High School.[2] He attended Willamette University for two years, where he joined Beta Theta Pi fraternity, before transferring to Stanford University, where he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. After graduating in 1951 with a bachelor's degree in political science, he attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, earning a master's degree. In 1959 he was awarded a Ph.D. degree from Stanford University. While still in graduate school, he was recruited to join the United States Permanent Mission to the United Nations to work on Arab-Israeli relations. From, there, he became the president of the American University in Cairo.
From 1969 to 1977, he assumed the presidency of Colgate University as well as the chancellorships of the University of Alabama System and the Oregon State System of Higher Education from the 1970s to the 1980s.[3] He also served as president of the Association of American Universities. He was called out of a brief retirement to head the State University of New York System in 1994, but conflicts with George Pataki appointees[4] on the university's board of trustees led to his resignation after just 17 months on the job.[5]
After SUNY, he became chairman of the board of trustees of the United States-Japan Foundation, leaving after seven years to re-assume the Presidency of the American University in Cairo on an interim basis.
The Thomas A. Bartlett Chair of English at Colgate University is named after him. [6]
References
edit- ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (October 5, 1994). "Man in the News; New SUNY Chancellor: Thomas Alva Bartlett". New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (October 5, 1994), "Man in the News; New SUNY Chancellor: Thomas Alva Bartlett", The New York Times, retrieved 2008-04-27
- ^ "THOMAS ALVA BARTLETT". www.archives.state.al.us. Alabama Academy of Honor. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ^ Arenson, Karen W. (April 27, 1996), "SUNY Trustees and Leader Try to Resolve Differences", The New York Times, retrieved 2008-04-27
- ^ Barron, James (May 1, 1996), "SUNY Chancellor Resigns Post After Battling Pataki's Trustees", The New York Times, retrieved 2008-04-27
- ^ The Colgate Scene, ed. (September 2006). "Endowed professorships at Colgate". www4.colgate.edu/scene. Colgate University. Retrieved 2008-04-27.