A giant of university leadership who served for three decades as 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA chancellor, then led other institutions after 鈥渞etirement,鈥 is Linda P.B. Katehi鈥檚 first guest in her 2013-14 Chancellor鈥檚 Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series, starting next week.
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Charles E. 鈥淐huck鈥 Young, in a visit postponed from last year, will speak on 鈥淭he University of California: Past, Present and Future.鈥
He knows his subject well, not only as a former chancellor but as a faculty member and student. He did his undergraduate work on the Riverside campus and graduate work at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA, where he became a professor of political science.
He was 36 when he was tapped to become chancellor in 1968, pledging to advance the 鈥渟outhern branch鈥 of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 鈥渇rom the second level of good universities to the first rank of excellent universities.鈥
He held the post until 1997, having weathered an array of student protests, a hunger strike, civil disobedience and other unrest only to emerge as not only a popular chancellor among students and faculty but a recognized leader of a top research university.
He championed athletic greatness 鈥 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA boasts more than 100 NCAA titles 鈥 while leading nationwide reforms of intercollegiate athletics, raising academic eligibility standards for athletes, and curbing recruitment and other abuses. Young remains committed to those endeavors as a member of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, on which he has served since its inception over 20 years ago.
Upon his retirement from 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA, he had been the longest-serving college leader in the nation. The Young Research Library at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA bears his name, as does Charles E. Young Drive, the circular road inside campus.
He was drafted back into the academic world a short time later, serving as president of the University of Florida from 1999 to 2004 and of the Qatar Foundation from 2004 to 2006.
After returning from Qatar, he served as chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, from 2008 to 2010, during which time he helped in the museum鈥檚 positive turnaround.
Young received a bachelor鈥檚 degree with honors in political science from 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Riverside in 1955, and followed that up with a master鈥檚 degree in 1957 and a doctorate in 1960, both from 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA.
His talk is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, in the Vanderhoef Sttudio theatre at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. A reception will follow.
The program is free and open to the public. RSVPs are requested, and can be arranged .
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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu