- Robert B. Kamm
Robert B. Kamm (
January 22 ,1919 –October 10 ,2008 ) served as the 13th president ofOklahoma State University–Stillwater fromJuly 1 ,1966 toJanuary 31 ,1977 . He also made an unsuccessful run for theU.S. Senate in 1978. [cite news|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20081010_298_STIL421401|title= OSU President Emeritus Robert Kamm dies]Education
Born in
West Union, Iowa , Kamm graduated from theUniversity of Northern Iowa in 1940 with a bachelor's degree in English and theater arts. He later attended theUniversity of Minnesota to receive his master's in 1946 and Ph.D. in 1948, both in counseling and higher education.cite news|url=http://www.newsok.com/former-osu-president-kamm-dies/article/3309899|title=Former OSU president Kamm dies]Employment
As a
U.S. Navy serviceman, Kamm worked atOklahoma A&M College for three months as part of a radar study. He then moved to theDrake University , where he served as dean of students, and later to theAgricultural and Mechanical College of Texas , where he was a student personnel dean and freshman dean.Kamm returned to Oklahoma State in 1958 to be named the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He was promoted to vice president for academic affairs in 1965.
Awards
In 1988, Stamm received the
Henry G. Bennett Distinguished Service Award for outstanding citizenship and leadership, Oklahoma State's highest honor. He was inducted into three hall of fames, including the Oklahoma Hall of Fame (1972), the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame (1987), and the College of Education Hall of Fame (2000).References
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