- Edward Litchfield
Edward Harold Litchfield (
April 14 ,1914 –March 8 ,1968 ) was the twelfthChancellor (1956–1965) of theUniversity of Pittsburgh .He is best known for a major expansion of the university, but also a failure to raise sufficient capital to fund such growth, eventually leading to his resignation in July 1965.
He earned the
B.A. , M.A., andPh.D. at theUniversity of Michigan . He taught political science atBrown University for a year, then from 1942 to 1945 taught public administration at the University of Michigan and also was Deputy Director of the Michigan State Civil Service Commission. In 1945 he worked in the United States Military Government inGermany , where he participated in the reconstruction of the occupied country. In 1953 he was appointed Dean ofCornell University 's School of Business and Public Administration.Litchfield was born in
Detroit, Michigan , and died in a plane crash overLake Michigan .Litchfield Towers , a set of three high-rise student residence halls on the University of Pittsburgh campus, are named in his honor.Virgil Cantini 's 1966 steel with bronze and glass sculpture "Ode to Space" was commissioned as a tribute to Litchfield after his death. It sits outside the entrance toDavid Lawrence Hall and contains the inscription, "labore as astra" or "to work toward the stars." [http://www.publicartpittsburgh.org/pdf_files/PAPP_Oakland_Walking_Tour.pdf]References
*cite book | author=Alberts, Robert C. | title=Pitt: The Story of the University of Pittsburgh 1787-1987 | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=
University of Pittsburgh Press | year=1987 | id=ISBN 0-8229-1150-7External links
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838053,00.html?iid=chix-sphere obituary in "Time" magazine]
March 15 ,1968 .
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