Preceded by Alexander G. Ruthven Name Harlan Hatcher | ||
Born September 9, 1898
Ironton, Ohio ( 1898-09-09 ) Died February 25, 1998, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Education Ohio State University, University of Chicago Books "The University of Michig, The versification of Robert, Giant from the wilderness, The Western Reserve, pictorial history of the Great | ||
Succeeded by Robben Wright Fleming | ||
Harlan hatcher
Harlan Henthorne Hatcher (September 9, 1898 – February 25, 1998) served as the eighth President of the University of Michigan from 1951 to 1967.
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Biography
Harlan Henthorne Hatcher was born on September 9, 1898, in Ironton, Ohio. He received a B.A., an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. He also attended the University of Chicago as a graduate student.
He worked as a Professor of American Literature at Ohio State University, then as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1944, and as Vice President in 1948. In 1951, he became the eighth President of the University of Michigan. He helped expand the budget from $44.5 million to more than $186 million, and enrollment from 17,000 to 37,000. He also established additional campuses in Flint and Dearborn. In 1954, he condoned the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee and fired two faculty members for suspicions of Communism. He stepped down in 1967. In 1968, the Graduate Library was named after him. He wrote three novels and several academic volumes.