Title:

Vernon I. Cheadle oral history, 1970-1979, 1990, 1995-1996

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

oral history is part of the Vernon I. Cheadle Oral History Project. As former Chancellor of the University of California at Santa Barbara, his 15-year tenure was marked by rapid campus growth as well as student unrest. Cheadle was an internationally known botanist. He was Chancellor from 1962 to 1977. In that time, the number of disciplines taught on the campus rose to 100 from 36, master's programs to 42 from 15, and Ph.D. programs to 27 from 2. Enrollment grew to more than 12,000 from 4,700. Interviewer: Rick W. Sturdevant, UCSB Library Oral History Program, 1979; also later interviews by David E. Russell, ca. 1995-1996.. Interviewee(s): 1979: Cheadle; 1995-1996: Clark Kerr, David Gardner, Alec Alexsander, Bruce Rickborn, Ray Evert, Ernest Gifford, Chester McCorkle, James H. Myer, William Stern, Oswald Tippo, Charles Heinsch, and Jennifer Thorsch. [where are the interviews with highlighted interviewees?] Transcript: Transcripts - Yes but looks incomplete; some with Cheadle and associates; also more finished "In Retrospect, Chancellor Vernon I. Cheadle." Related materials: articles, speeches, etc. Arrangement: Ernest Gifford [Professor Emeritus, UCD Botany Department] - Phone interview re V. Cheadle, Aug. 22, 1996: A19819/CS (digitized).

Date:

1970 (issued)

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Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.

Cite as: [Identification of item], Vernon I. Cheadle oral history, OH 28. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

0.66 linear feet

English

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

The collection is open for research.

Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.