Alvin C. Eurich

Alvin C. Eurich

Alvin Christian Eurich (June 14, 1902 – May 27, 1987) was a 20th Century American educator who is most notable for having served as the first President of the State University of New York from 1949 – 1951.Citation
title= Alvin C. Eurich Dead; Former State U. Chief
newspaper=The New York Times
date=May 29, 1987
year=1987
month=May
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4D81E3FF93AA15756C0A961948260
accessdate = 20080403 Citation
last = The State University of New York
publication-date = 1985
title = Sixty-four campuses: the State University of New York to 1985
edition = 1
publication-place = Albany, New York
publisher = Office of University Affairs and Development
oclc = 12556911

Eurich was born in Bay City, Michigan and pursued degrees in Psychology at North Central College and the University of Maine. He supported himself by working as a speech instructor while in Maine.Citation
last = Ohles
first = Frederik
last2 = Ohles
first2 = Shirley
publication-date = 1978
title = Biographical dictionary of modern American educators
edition = 1
page = 440
publication-place = Westport, Connecticut
publisher = Greenwood Press
isbn = 9780837198934
oclc = 3447005 He earned a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota in 1929, where he worked as a professor and assistant dean of the College of Education from 1927 to 1936. In 1937 he left for Northwestern University and a year after that, he left for Stanford University. During World War II, he served in the Navy, returning to take a Vice Presidency at Stanford University. He helped organize the Stanford Research Institute and served as its chairman.cite web
url= http://www.sri.com/about/history/1940.html
title= History of SRI International, 1940s
accessdate= 2005-05-18
publisher= SRI International He was named acting President of Stanford in 1948 after his predecessor's sudden death, shortly before assuming the Presidency of SUNY.Citation
title=Stanford Acting President Will Be Executive of Trustees Directing Institutions—Sterling Will Succeed Dr. Tresidder at Palo Alto
newspaper=The New York Times
date=November 20, 1948
year=1948
month=November
page=15

From 1958 to 1964, Eurich served as Executive Director of the Ford Foundation's Educational Division and in 1961 he co-founded the Academy for Educational Development and served as its chairman for many years. He also served as President of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies from 1963 to 1972.

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NAME=Eurich, Alvin C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=None
SHORT DESCRIPTION=American Educational Psychologist and educator, first President of SUNY
DATE OF BIRTH=14 June 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH=Bay City, Michigan
DATE OF DEATH=27 May 1987
PLACE OF DEATH=New York, New York


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