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- | ======Bromery, Randolph W.====== | ||
- | **Chancellor, UMass Amherst**: 1971-1979 | ||
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- | Randolph Bromery guided the campus through most of the difficult 1970s. Prior to his appointment as Chancellor in 1971, Bromery served as a vice chancellor for student affairs and as a faculty member in the geosciences. He enjoyed a successful career as a research scientist before coming to the university, noted for designing instruments for aeromagnetic surveying. | ||
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- | The university became a more diverse institution under Bromery’s leadership. The ratio of undergraduate men to women shifted from 60:40 to 50:50 and the number of faculty of color increased. Bromery was instrumental in the formation of the Committee for the Collegiate Education of Black Students (CCEBS). He also played a key role in securing a home for the archives of W.E.B. Du Bois and Horace Mann Bond, helping make the UMass library a repository for leading African-American thought. In addition, the Five College consortium was initiated during Bromery’s tenure. | ||
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- | Bromery was granted an honorary doctorate upon his resignation in 1979. He has since served as president for several institutions of higher education in New England. | ||
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- | ==== Credits: ==== | ||
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- | * Cary, H. (1962). //The University of Massachusetts: A History of 100 Years//. Amherst: University of Massachusetts. | ||
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