Robert W. Fuller
| Robert W. Fuller | |
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| 10th President of Oberlin College | |
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In office 1970 – 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Robert K. Carr |
| Succeeded by | Emil Danenberg |
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| Born | 1936 (age 80–81) |
| Spouse(s) | Claire Sheridan |
| Residence | Berkeley, California |
| Alma mater |
Oberlin College (undergraduate) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Profession | Physicist, Author, Known for Rankism and Dignity Theory |
| Website | Robert Works Fuller |
Robert Works Fuller (born 1936) is an American physicist, author, social reformer, and former president of Oberlin College.
Fuller graduated from Oberlin College, and earned his Ph.D. in physics at Princeton University in 1961. He taught at Columbia University, where he co-authored the book Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics.
The mounting social unrest of the 1960s, and Fuller's commitment to educational reform—which he had already demonstrated as a Trinity College dean—led his alma mater, Oberlin College, in 1970, to make him its tenth president, succeeding Robert K. Carr. At age 33, Fuller became one of the youngest college presidents in U.S. history. During his Oberlin presidency—a turbulent time at Oberlin and in higher education generally—Fuller reshaped the student body by tripling the enrollment of minorities at the college. He also recruited and hired Jack Scott as Chairman of the Physical Education Dept. and Athletic Director. Scott,in turn, recruited and hired the first four African-American athletic coaches in a predominantly white American college or university, including Tommie Smith, the Gold Medalist sprinter from the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Scott and Fuller were interviewed on campus by Howard Cosell and appeared on primetime television to talk about these changes. In 1974, after four years of service as Oberlin's president, Fuller considered that he had fulfilled his mission and resigned the office.
In 1971, on a visit to India, Fuller had witnessed the famine caused by war with Pakistan, a war that saw the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation. With the election of President Jimmy Carter, Fuller began a campaign to persuade the new president to end world hunger. In 1977, Fuller co-founded The Hunger Project, along with Werner Erhard and John Denver. His June 1977 meeting with Carter in the Oval Office helped lead to the establishment of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger.
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