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Edward
Chace Tolman, Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley
1886-1959
"Dr. Tolman was always able to uncover the essential problems underneath
the fluctuating experimental fads." |
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Alfred
Louis Kroeber,
Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley
1876-1960
"Professor Kroeber's range of interest and competence in nearly
every one of the major fields of anthropology made him the broadest
student of the larger discipline, a position held in the past by a
notable few, such as Edward B. Tylor and Franz Boas." |
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Herbert
P. Broida, Professor of Physics, UC Santa Barbara
1920-1978
"Herb Broida was a man of action as well as a scholar. He liked
to see things done and knew how to get them done. In his fourteen
years at UCSB he influenced nearly every aspect of the physics department's
growth." |
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Jan
Popper, University Professor of Music, UC Los Angeles
1907-1987
"He had an uncanny knack of perceiving and nurturing the musical potential
of everyone who worked with him, imparting to each a sense of self-worth;
thus he could challenge them to outdo themselves, always in the greater
service of the art." |
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Daniel
G. Aldrich, Jr.,
Professor of Soils and Plant Nutrition, UC Davis and UC Berkeley
University Dean of Agriculture
Founding Chancellor of UC Irvine
1918-1990
"While 'Chancellor Dan's' legacy is the UCI campus, his influence
extends well beyond the perimeter of Aldrich Park." |
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Katherine
Esau, Professor of Botany, UC Santa Barbara
1898-1996
"Esau was especially well known for her beautifully written and
comprehensive textbooks. Her first book, Plant Anatomy, was
published in 1953, and it became a classic almost immediately. The
book was and still is fondly called the 'bible' for structural botanists." |