Morton W. Weir | |
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Interim President of Knox College | |
In office October 1, 1998 –December 31, 1998 | |
Preceded by | Rick Nahm |
Succeeded by | Richard S. Millman |
5th Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | |
In office April 14,1988 –June 30,1993 | |
Preceded by | Morton W. Weir |
Succeeded by | Michael Aiken |
In office Acting:August 21,1987 –April 13,1988 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Eugene Everhart |
Succeeded by | Morton W. Weir |
Acting Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | |
In office August 2,1977 –December 31,1977 | |
Preceded by | Jack Peltason |
Succeeded by | William P. Gerberding |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | Knox College University of Texas at Austin |
Profession | University administrator,professor |
Academic background | |
Thesis | The effects of instructions and expected number of trials on children's probability learning (1959) |
Doctoral advisor | |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Psychology |
Institutions | University of Illinois |
Morton W. Weir,born July 18,1934,in Canton,Illinois,is an experimental psychologist and academic. After earning a BA from Knox College and an MA and PhD from the University of Texas at Austin,he joined the department of psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1960 and subsequently served in a number of administrative capacities,retiring from the chancellorship in 1993.
Weir graduated cum laude from Knox College in 1955 as a pre-medicine major. [1] In 1958,he received an M.A. in experimental psychology from University of Texas at Austin [2] and his Ph.D. a year later in the same field. [3] [1]
Weir was a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 33 years. [1] In addition,he served there as head of the department of psychology,as vice chancellor for academic affairs,vice president for academic affairs,interim chancellor,and chancellor. [4] On leave from the University of Illinois,he served as director of the Center for the Study of Youth Development,Boys Town,Nebraska (1979-80) and after retirement from administration at the University of Illinois,served as interim president of Knox College (1998-99) and as senior foundation representative,University of Illinois Foundation (1993-2000). His research and scholarship included learning and problem solving with children,behavioral genetics,and social policy. He served on a number of editorial boards of scientific journals;the National Research and Evaluation Advisory Committee,Project Head Start;the Developmental Behavioral Sciences Study Section,National Institutes of Health;commissioner and president,North Central Association of Colleges and Schools;and on a number of other professional boards and committees. He was awarded an Alumni Achievement Award and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Knox College;the Reading Recovery Teacher Leader Award;the William Winter Award for Service by the University of Illinois Foundation and a Foreign Service Award from the Foreign Ministry of Japan.
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