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Title: Alvin C. Eurich papers
Date (inclusive): 1912-1988
Collection Number: 89012
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
32 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes
(14.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, studies, memoranda, photographs, and other printed matter, relating to higher
education in the United States, national educational planning, education in developing countries, and United States Navy personnel
management during World War II.
Creator:
Eurich, Alvin C. (Alvin Christian), 1902-1987
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1989.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alvin C. Eurich papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
American educator; acting president, Stanford University, 1948; president, State University of New York, 1949-1951; vice president,
Fund for the Advancement of Education, 1951-1963; president, Academy for Educational Development, 1963-1987.
1902 |
Born in Bay City, Michigan. |
1924 |
Earned B.A. in Psychology at North Central College. |
1926-1927 |
Served as an assistant in Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. |
1926 |
Earned M.A. in Psychology at University of Maine. |
1927-1929 |
Served as an instructor in Educational Psychology and an assistant professor of Educational Psychology and assistant director
of Educational Research at the University of Minnesota.
|
1929-1935 |
Served as an assistant to the President and associate professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. |
1929 |
Earned Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at University of Minnesota. |
1924-1926 |
Served as an instructor at the University of Maine. |
1938-1948 |
Served as a professor of Education and Vice President at Stanford University. |
1937-1938 |
Served as a professor of Education at Northwestern University. |
1935-1936 |
Served as the assistant dean of the College of Education and as a professor of Education at the University of Minnesota. |
1941-1945 |
Served in the Navy during World War II. |
1951-1963 |
Served as Vice President of the Fund for the Advancement of Education. |
1949-1951 |
Served as President of the State University of New York. |
1948 |
Served as acting President of Stanford University after the sudden death of Donald Tressider. |
1963-1972 |
Served as President for the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. |
1961 |
Co-founded the Academy for Educational Development. |
1958-1964 |
Served as the Executive Director of the Ford Foundation's Educational Division. |
1987 |
Died in New York, New York. |
1963-1987 |
Served as President for the Academy for Educational Development. |
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, studies, memoranda, photographs, and other printed
matter relating to higher education in the United States, national educational planning, education in developing countries,
and United States Navy personnel management during World War II.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Education -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
Universities and colleges -- United States
Education -- Developing countries
Personnel management
United States. Navy
Stanford University
Academy for Educational Development
State University of New York
Fund for the Advancement of Education (U.S.)