William S. Carlson

William Samuel Carlson (November 18, 1905 – May 8, 1994) was a 20th Century academic administrator who served as President of four universities.Citation
title= William Carlson, 88, Educator Who Headed 4 State Universities
newspaper=The New York Times
date=May 11, 1994
year=1994
month=May
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE7D71339F932A25756C0A962958260
accessdate = 20080404

Carlson was born in Ironwood, Michigan and earned bachelor's (1930), master's (1932) and Ph.D. (1938) degrees from the University of Michigan. Carlson participated in the University of Michigan Greenland Expedition of 1928 – 1929 and led the fourth University of Michigan Greenland Expedition in 1930 – 1931.cite web
url= http://www.udel.edu/research/polar/carlson.html
title= ABOUT WILLIAM S. CARLSON
accessdate= 2008-04-04
publisher= [http://www.udel.edu/research/ University of Delaware Research and Graduate Studies] After completing his education, he joined the University of Minnesota as an Assistant Professor of Education, eventually becoming a full Professor and Dean of Admissions and Records.

He served in the Air Force during the Second World War, building air bases in Canada, Greenland, and Iceland for transport to Britain.

After the war, he assumed the Presidencies of the University of Delaware, the University of Vermont, and the State University of New York in rapid succession.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 Citation
title= SUNY's Second
newspaper=Time Magazine
date=January 14, 1952
year=1952
month=January
url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,806218,00.html
accessdate = 20080404 He undertook his longest Presidency at the University of Toledo, from which he retired after 14 years.

Carlson succumbed to lung cancer in Belleair Bluffs, Florida. The main library on the University of Toledo campus is named after him.

elected works

*Citation | last = Carlson | first = William S. | author-link = William S. Carlson | publication-date = 1940 | year = 1940 | title = Greenland Lies North | publication-place = New York, New York | publisher = Macmillan | oclc = 1344476
*Citation | last = Carlson | first = William S. | author-link = William S. Carlson | publication-date = 1941 | year = 1941 | title = Reports of the Greenland Expeditions of the University of Michigan | publication-place = Ann Arbor, Michigan | publisher = University of Michigan Press | oclc = 23629934
*Citation | last = Carlson | first = William S. | author-link = William S. Carlson | publication-date = 1962 | year = 1962 | title = Lifelines through the Arctic | publication-place = New York, New York | publisher = Duell, Sloan and Pearce | oclc = 620188
*Citation | last = Carlson | first = William S. | author-link = William S. Carlson | publication-date = 1962 | year = 1962 | title = The Municipal University | publication-place = Washington, D.C. | publisher = Center for Applied Research in Education | oclc = 186142

References

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NAME=Eurich, Alvin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=None
SHORT DESCRIPTION=President of SUNY
DATE OF BIRTH=18 November 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH=Ironwood, Michigan
DATE OF DEATH=8 May 1994
PLACE OF DEATH=Belleair Bluffs, Florida