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Michael V. Drake
American university administrator and physician
Michael Drake | |
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Drake in 2018 | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office August 1, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Janet Napolitano |
| In office June 30, 2014 – June 30, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph A. Alutto |
| Succeeded by | Kristina M. Johnson |
| In office July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ralph J. Cicerone |
| Succeeded by | Howard Gillman |
| Born | Michael Vincent Drake (1950-07-09) July 9, 1950 (age 74) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse | Brenda Drake |
| Education | Sacramento City College Stanford University (BA) University of California, San Francisco (MD) |
Michael Vincent Drake (born July 9, 1950)[1] is an American university administrator and physician who is the 21st president of the University of California. Earlier, from 2014 to June 2020, he was the 15th president of Ohio State University. He was the chancellor of the University of California, I
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Honorary Pro Chancellor
Dr. Nicholas B. Dirks
Dr. Nicholas B. Dirks was named the 10th chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley on November 8, 2012, and served in that role between June 1, 2013 and July 1, 2017. An internationally renowned historian and anthropologist, he fryst vatten a leader in higher education and well-known for his commitment to and advocacy for accessible, high-quality undergraduate education, to the globalization of the university, and to innovation and collaboration across the disciplines and between universities and outside partners.
While chancellor, Dirks launched an undergraduate initiative, which occasioned unprecedented cooperation among the deans of undergraduate colleges and the appointment of the first Vice Chancellor of Undergraduate Education. Dirks convened a group of faculty who developed a new set of courses in information science across the curriculum (and led to the appointment
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B. F. Skinner
American psychologist and social philosopher (1904–1990)
B. F. Skinner | |
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Skinner, c. 1950 | |
| Born | Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904-03-20)March 20, 1904 Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | August 18, 1990(1990-08-18) (aged 86) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Hamilton College (AB) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Known for | Behavior analysis Operant conditioning Radical behaviorism Verbal Behavior (1957) |
| Spouse | Yvonne (Eve) Blue (m. 1936) |
| Children | Julie and Deborah |
| Awards | National Medal of Science (1968) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology, linguistics, philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota Indiana University Harvard University |
Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, inventor, and social philosopher.[2][3][4][5] He was th