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William James McGill | |
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16th President of Columbia University | |
In office 1970–1980 | |
Preceded by | Andrew W. Cordier |
Succeeded by | Michael I. Sovern |
3rd Chancellor of University of California, San Diego | |
In office 1968–1970 | |
Preceded by | John Semple Galbraith |
Succeeded by | Herbert York |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City, New York, USA | 27 February 1922
Died | 19 October 1997 La Jolla, California, USA | (aged 75)
Alma mater | Fordham University Harvard University |
Profession | Psychologist |
William James McGill (27 February 1922 – 19 October 1997) was an American psychologist, author and academic administrator. He was the 16th president of Columbia University and the 3rd chancellor of the University of California, San Diego.
Biography
McGill was born in New York City to a musician and labor organizer. He attended parochial Catholic schools and in 1939 began his college education at Fordham University, where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology. In 1953 he was awarded a doctorate in experimental psychology from Harvard University.
McGill was an assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1956 and then joined Columbia. He was chairman of the psychology department from 1961 to 1963 and left in 1965 to help found a psychology department at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). In 1968 he accepted the job of chancellor at UCSD, after the first five offered the position turned it down.
In 1970 he left California to become the president of Columbia University from 1970 to 1980.
References
- Knubel, Fred (24 October 1997). "Ex-President Wm. McGill Dead at 75". Columbia University Record. 23 (7). Retrieved 2008-11-30.
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(help) - "William James McGill." Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Volume 5: 1997-1999. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002.
- "William James McGill." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2007.
- 1922 births
- 1997 deaths
- American university and college presidents
- Chancellors of the University of California
- Columbia University faculty
- Fordham University alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- University of California, San Diego faculty
- People from New York City
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
- Presidents of Columbia University