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Robert M. Berdahl
File:Robert M. Berdahl.jpg
In office
2011–2012
Preceded byRichard W. Lariviere
Succeeded byMichael R. Gottfredson
In office
2006–2011
Preceded byNils Hasselmo
Succeeded byHunter R. Rawlings III
In office
1997–2004
Preceded byChang-Lin Tien
Succeeded byRobert J. Birgeneau
In office
1993–1997
Preceded byWilliam S. Livingston
Succeeded byPeter Tyrrell Flawn
Personal details
Residence(s)Eugene, Oregon (official)
Portland, Oregon (personal)[1]
ProfessionAdministrator
Websitepresident.uoregon.edu

Robert M. "Bob" Berdahl (born 1937) is an American administrator, historian and the interim President of the University of Oregon. He has been described as "the top higher education leader in the nation."[2]

Biography

Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Berdahl received a Bachelor of Arts from Augustana College in 1959. Additionally, he obtained a Master of Arts from the University of Illinois in 1961. He would later follow Dr. Otto Pflanze to the University of Minnesota where he received his doctorate in 1965, with a dissertation on the Prussian Conservative Party during German unification circa 1870.[3]

Berdahl was a assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts from 1965 to 1967.[4] From 1967 to 1986, Berdahl was a history professor at the University of Oregon. In addition to his duties as professor, he served as dean of the university's College of Arts and Sciences from 1981 to 1986. Later on, Berdahl would go on to serve as vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from 1986 to 1993.

He was president of UT Austin from 1993 to 1997 and later chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley from 1997 to 2004. After leaving Berkeley, he became president of the Association of American Universities (AAU) from May 2006 to June 2011.[5] In addition, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of Lam Research Corporation.[6]

In December, 2011, the Oregon State Board of Higher Education asked Berdahl to serve as the president of the University of Oregon on an interim basis. The presidency of the University of Oregon had recently been vacated by Richard Lariviere following his early termination by the state board.[4] It is expected that he will be replaced by Michael R. Gottfredson who is currently awaiting confirmation.[2]


Works

  • "New Thoughts on German Nationalism," The American Historical Review Vol. 77, No. 1, February 1972
  • "Conservative Politics and Aristocratic Landholders in Bismarckian Germany," The Journal of Modern History Vol. 44, No. 1, March 1972
  • "The Stände and the Origins of Conservatism in Prussia," Eighteenth-Century Studies Vol. 6, No. 3, Spring 1973
  • The Politics of the Prussian Nobility: The Development of a Conservative Ideology, 1770-1848 (Princeton University Press, January 1989)

References

  1. ^ Graves, Bill. "Berdahl hired". The Oregonian. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b Graves, Bill. "UO president finalist Michael Gottfredson tours campus with students, describes goals". Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Conversation with Chancellor Robert Berdahl, cover page". Globetrotter.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  4. ^ a b "Berdahl named interim president | University of Oregon". Uoregon.edu. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  5. ^ "Biography". Cio.chance.berkeley.edu. 2001-09-24. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  6. ^ "Robert M. Berdahl Profile - Forbes.com". People.forbes.com. Retrieved 2012-03-17.


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