Robert Max Berdahl (born March 15, 1937) is a retired American college and university administrator.
Robert M. Berdahl | |
|---|---|
| Interim President of the University of Oregon | |
| In office 2011–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Richard W. Lariviere |
| Succeeded by | Michael R. Gottfredson |
| 5th President of the Association of American Universities | |
| In office 2006–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Nils Hasselmo |
| Succeeded by | Hunter R. Rawlings III |
| 8th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley | |
| In office 1997–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Chang-Lin Tien |
| Succeeded by | Robert J. Birgeneau |
| 25th President of the University of Texas at Austin | |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| Preceded by | William S. Livingston |
| Succeeded by | Peter Tyrrell Flawn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 15, 1937[1] Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Residence | Portland, Oregon[2] |
| Alma mater | Augustana College University of Illinois University of Minnesota |
| Profession | Administrator |
Biography
editBorn 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 at Urbana–Champaign in 1961. He would later follow 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 an 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 University of Texas at Austin from 1993 to 1997 and later chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley from 1997 to 2004. He served as president of the Association of American Universities 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] Three months into Berdahl's presidency the faculty voted to form a union affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers and American Association of University Professors, and a month later Berdahl agreed to end efforts to prevent certification by the Oregon Employment Relations Board.[7] Michael R. Gottfredson succeeded Berdahl effective August 1, 2012.[8]
Works
edit- "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
edit- ^ Quintero, Fernando. "Berkeley Welcomes Berdahl". University of California at Berkeley. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ Graves, Bill (10 December 2011). "Berdahl hired". The Oregonian. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- ^ "Conversation with Chancellor Robert Berdahl, cover page". Globetrotter.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ a b "Berdahl named interim president | University of Oregon". Uoregon.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "Biography". Cio.chance.berkeley.edu. 2001-09-24. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "Robert M. Berdahl Profile - Forbes.com". People.forbes.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ Dietz, Diane (2012-04-25). "UO's union objections withdrawn". Register Guard. Archived from the original on 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
- ^ Graves, Bill. "UO president finalist Michael Gottfredson tours campus with students, describes goals". Retrieved 13 June 2012.