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Harlan Hatcher - Wikipedia

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Harlan Hatcher
Hatcher c. 1962

8th President of the University of Michigan
In office 1951–1967
Preceded by	Alexander G. Ruthven
Succeeded by	Robben Wright Fleming

Personal details
Born	(1898-09-09)September 9, 1898 Ironton, Ohio
Died	February 25, 1998(1998-02-25) (aged 99) Ann Arbor, Michigan
Education	Ohio State University (BA, MA, PhD)
Profession	Professor of American Literature, University President

Harlan Henthorne Hatcher (September 9, 1898 – February 25, 1998)^[1] served as the eighth President of the University of Michigan from 1951 to 1967.

Early life

Hatcher was born on September 9, 1898, in Ironton, Ohio.^[1]^[2] He received bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from Ohio State University, specializing in American literature.^[2] He did postgraduate work at the University of Chicago and in 1928 traveled throughout Europe to study Renaissance literature.^[2]

Early career

He worked as a professor of American literature at Ohio State University, then as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State in 1944, and as vice president in 1948.^[1]^[2] He wrote three novels and several academic volumes.^[2]

President of the University of Michigan

In 1951, Hatcher became the eighth President of the University of Michigan.^[1] He led the post-war expansion of the university, overseeing the construction of the North Campus. He established Flint Senior College and the Dearborn Center with funding from the state's auto industry, which later developed into branch campuses.^[1]^[2] He stepped down in 1967.^[1] In 1968, the university voted to rename the General Library to the Hatcher Graduate Library in honor of President Hatcher.^[1]

Mccarthyism

In 1954, Hatcher condoned the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee and fired two faculty members for suspicions of Communism.^[2]

Bibliography

Tunnel Hill (Bobbs-Merrill, 1931)
Patterns of Wolfpen (Johns Creek, Pike County, Kentucky) (Bobbs Merrill, 1934)
Creating the Modern American Novel (1935)
The Buckeye Country: A Pageant of Ohio (1940)
The Ohio Guide (1940, editor)
Modern American Dramas (1941)
"The Great Lakes" (Oxford University Press, 1944)
Lake Erie (1945)
A Century of Iron and Men (1950)
A Modern Repertory (1953)
Johnny Appleseed: A Voice in the Wilderness, The Story of the Pioneer John Chapman (1953)
A Pictorial History of the Great Lakes (1963)
Versification of Robert Browning (1969)
The Western Reserve: The Story of New Connecticut in Ohio

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Michigan Today". Archived from the original on 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Honan, William H. (4 March 1998). "Harlan Hatcher, 99, U. of Michigan President (Published 1998)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2020-01-10.

Academic offices
Preceded by Alexander Grant Ruthven	8th President of the University of Michigan 1951–1968	Succeeded by Robben Wright Fleming

Presidents of the University of Michigan

John Monteith (1817–1821)
Henry Philip Tappan (1852–1863)
Erastus Otis Haven (1863–1869)
Henry Simmons Frieze (1869–1871, 1880–1882, 1887–1888)
James Burrill Angell (1871–1909)
Harry Burns Hutchins (1897–1898, 1909–1910, 1910–1920)
Marion LeRoy Burton (1920–1925)
Alfred Henry Lloyd (1925)
C. C. Little (1925–1929)
Alexander Grant Ruthven (1929–1951)
Harlan Hatcher (1951–1968)
Robben Wright Fleming (1968–1979, 1988)
Allan F. Smith (1979)
Harold Tafler Shapiro (1980–1988)
James Johnson Duderstadt (1988–1996)
Homer A. Neal (1996)
Lee Bollinger (1996–2002)
B. Joseph White (2002)
Mary Sue Coleman (2002–2014, 2022)
Mark Schlissel (2014–2022)
Santa Ono (2022– )

Italics denote acting or interim president (or term)

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