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Michael Hooker | |
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In office 1995–1999 | |
Preceded by | Paul Hardin |
Succeeded by | William Octavius McCoy |
In office 1986–1992 | |
Preceded by | John W. Dorsey |
Succeeded by | Freeman Hrabowski III |
In office 1982–1986 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1946 Richlands, Virginia |
Died | June 29, 1999[1] Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Spouse | Carmen DeFrates |
Children | Alexandra Hooker |
Profession | Philosopher |
Michael Kenneth Hooker (1946–1999) was an American academic who served as President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Bennington College
Early life
Hooker was born in 1946 in Richlands, Virginia. A son of a coal miner, Hooker was the first in his family to attend college.[3] He chose to study philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and then going on to pursue his doctoral degree at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Academia
After receiving his Ph.D., Hooker began to teach philosophy at Harvard University and the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In 1975, he became dean at Johns Hopkins University until 1982 when he moved to Vermont to become the president of Bennington College. Four years later, Hooker returned to Baltimore to become the president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and then left in 1992 to become the president of the University of Massachusetts system. At UMBC, Hooker enhanced the quality of the university by attracting more students from around the state.[4] Finally, in 1995 he became the eight president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until his death in 1999. At UNC Chapel Hill, he made computer literacy a top priority, preparing students for the technological changes of the twenty-first century.[5]
Death
Michael Hooker died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
References
- ^ http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-06-30/news/9906300129_1_umbc-true-visionary-bennington-college
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/11/us/michael-k-hooker-53-chancellor-with-a-community-approach.html
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/11/us/michael-k-hooker-53-chancellor-with-a-community-approach.html
- ^ http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-06-30/news/9906300129_1_umbc-true-visionary-bennington-college
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/11/us/michael-k-hooker-53-chancellor-with-a-community-approach.html
- 1946 births
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- 20th-century philosophers
- American philosophers
- Bennington College faculty
- Harvard University faculty
- Johns Hopkins University faculty
- People from Tazewell County, Virginia
- University and college presidents
- Presidents of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- University of Massachusetts faculty
- University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty