University of California, Irvine, Chancellor Howard Gillman records, 2014

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Summary

Creators:

University of California, Irvine. Office of the Chancellor and Gillman, Howard

Abstract:

This collection is composed of congratulatory letters regarding Gillman's appointment to Chancellor of University of California, Irvine.

Extent:

0.4 linear feet (1 box)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

University of California, Irvine, Chancellor Howard Gillman records. AS.175. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:

This collection is composed of congratulatory letters regarding Gillman's appointment to Chancellor of University of California, Irvine.

Biographical / historical:

Howard Gillman, Ph.D., became UC Irvine's sixth chancellor on Sept. 18, 2014. He had previously served as provost and executive vice chancellor since June 2013 and interim chancellor since July 1, 2014.

An award-winning scholar and teacher, he has academic appointments in the departments of political science, history, law, and criminology, law & society. Among his books are The Constitution Besieged: The Rise and Demise of Lochner Era Police Powers Jurisprudence (Duke 1993), The Votes That Counted: How the Court Decided the 2000 Presidential Election (Chicago 2001), and American Constitutionalism (with Mark Graber and Keith Whittington). He has also co-edited two other volumes and authored more than 40 articles and book chapters. He has received many awards for his scholarship, and for teaching excellence and dedication to students.

Prior to his appointment as provost and executive vice chancellor at UC Irvine, Dr. Gillman was a professor of political science, history, and law at the University of Southern California. From 2007 to 2012, he served as dean of the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

A native of Southern California, Dr. Gillman grew up in North Hollywood and was a first-generation college student. He earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in political science at UCLA. His wife, Ellen, earned a bachelor's degree at UC San Diego and a master's and doctorate in psychology at UCLA. They have two children.

Source: http://chancellor.uci.edu/about/

Acquisition information:

Unknown.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

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