Charles Boynton Knapp
| Charles Boynton Knapp | |
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| President Emeritus of the University of Georgia |
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In office 1987–1997 |
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| Preceded by | Henry King Stanford |
| Succeeded by | Michael F. Adams |
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August 13, 1946 Ames, Iowa |
| Alma mater | Iowa State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Charles Boynton "Chuck" Knapp (born August 13, 1946) was the president of the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States. He served in that capacity from 1987 until his resignation in 1997.
Knapp was born in Ames, Iowa, on August 13, 1946. He received a bachelor's degree (B.S.) with honors and distinction from Iowa State University in 1968. While at Iowa State, Knapp joined the Iowa Gamma chapter of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.
He earned a combined master's degree (M.A.) and doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1972.
From 1972-1976, Knapp taught economics at the University of Texas at Austin. He then left academia from 1977-1979 to serve as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Labor in Washington D.C. and, subsequently, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor from 1979 until 1981.
Returning to academia, Knapp became Associate Professor of Public Policy at George Washington University from 1981 to 1982. He moved to Tulane University in 1982 and continued teaching economics. He then became Executive Vice President of Tulane in 1985 and served in that capacity until accepting the UGA presidency in 1987. At that time, Knapp was the youngest president of any of the nation's major research universities.
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