Robert M. Berdahl | |
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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 |
8thChancellor 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 | [1] Sioux Falls,South Dakota,U.S. | March 15,1937
Alma mater | Augustana College University of Illinois University of Minnesota |
Profession | Administrator |
Robert Max Berdahl (born March 15,1937) is a retired American college and university administrator.
Born 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. [2]
Berdahl was an assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts from 1965 to 1967. [3] 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. [4] In addition,he currently serves on the Board of Directors of Lam Research Corporation. [5]
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. [3] 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. [6] Michael R. Gottfredson succeeded Berdahl effective August 1,2012. [7]
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