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Creator:
Learn, Elmer W. (Elmer Warner), 1929-
Title: Elmer W. Learn Reports and Speeches
Date (inclusive): 1966-1984
Extent:
0.2 linear feet
Abstract: Elmer W. Learn (1929- ) served as Executive Vice-Chancellor at the University of
California, Davis from 1969-1984. The collection contains copies of sixteen of Learn's speeches and reports
discussing university management needs and techniques.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many
are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: MC126
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Elmer Warner Learn was born in Sayre, Pennsylvania in 1929. He received his B.S. (1950), M.S. (1951), and Ph.D
(1957) in Agricultural Economics from Pennsylvania State University.
After completing his Ph.D, Learn accepted a position in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the
University of Minnesota. From 1964-1969, Learn served as Assistant to the President and Coordinator of Planning
and Director of Planning and Executive Assistant to the President at the University of Minnesota.
Learn came to the University of California, Davis in 1969 to fill the newly created position of Executive Vice
Chancellor, which focused on fiscal planning and the day to day operations of the campus. He served as Executive
Vice Chancellor until 1984 when he stepped down and returned to teaching in the Agricultural Economics
Department. He retired from teaching in 1992.
Sources:
Oral history interview with Elmer Learn, Executive Vice Chancellor, 1969-1984: February 3 and February
10, 1993, Davis, California
, conducted by Susan E. Douglass. Sacramento, Calif.: Oral History Program,
California State University, Sacramento, 1993.
Scheuring, Ann.
Abundant Harvest: The History of the University of California, Davis. Davis: The
Regents of the University of California, 2001.
The collection contains copies of sixteen of Learn's speeches and reports discussing university management
needs and techniques. Some of the speeches and reports are in draft form.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Special Collections holds both printed and audiovisual oral histories of Elmer Learn:
Oral history interview with Elmer Learn, Executive Vice Chancellor, 1969-1984: February 3 and February
10, 1993, Davis, California
, conducted by Susan E. Douglass. Sacramento, Calif.: Oral History Program,
California State University, Sacramento, 1993.
AR-074 #43, Elmer Learn oral history conducted by James H. Meyer for the University of California, Davis
Emeriti Association Video History Project, November 8, 1995.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public
access catalog.
Learn, Elmer W. (Elmer Warner),
1929---Archives
University of California, Davis--History
Collection is open for research.
Sara Gunasekara processed these papers and created and encoded this finding aid.
[Identification of item], Elmer W. Learn Reports and Speeches, MC126, Department of Special Collections,
General Library, University of California, Davis.
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of
California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.