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Former UO President Robert Clark dies.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-JUN-05 		Format: Online - approximately 960 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Former UO President Robert Clark dies.(Higher Education)(The administrator had a reputation for fairness and dialogue in a turbulent era)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard

Robert D. Clark, who led the University of Oregon through some of its most tumultuous years and stood up to both Ronald Reagan and Tom McCall during the Vietnam era, died Tuesday. He was 95.

Clark was president of the UO from 1969 to 1975 and prior to that had been dean of what was then called the College of Liberal Arts, now the College of Arts and Sciences. He also led the effort to establish what is now the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the UO, which in 1959 was the first honors college in the nation.

Clark died of age-related causes at Good Samaritan Hospice in Eugene. A memorial service is being planned for July.

"His steady and thoughtful leadership during some of the most difficult years in American higher education helped set the stage...

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