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'''Clark Kerr''' ([[May 17]], [[1911]] – [[December 1]], [[2003]]) was the first [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of the [[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[1952]]–[[1958]]) and the 12th President of the [[University of California]] ([[1958]]–[[1967]]).

==Academic background==
(contracted; show full)m the main campus, it includes residences and sports practice facilities.  The Spanish-style residential complex houses 700 students and features landscaped gardens and a conference center. It had previously been the [[California School for the Blind|California School for the Deaf and Blind]], but the University acquired it after a court battle and it was condemned as seismically unsafe. 

Kerr died in his sleep following complications from a fall at age 92.

The [[Clark Kerr Medal]] is named in his honor.


==Trivia==
{{Trivia|date=January 2008}}
Kerr Hall on the campus of [[UC Davis]], on top of which is the antenna for [[KDVS]], is  There are Kerr Halls, named for Clark Kerr.

Kerr Hall, on the campuses of [[UC Santa Cruz]] is also named for Clark KerrDavis]] and [[UC Santa Cruz]].[http://www.ucsc.edu/about/vtour/kerr.asp]

==External links==
*[http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/12/02_kerr.shtml U.C. Berkeley news release]
* ''San Francisco Chronicle'', "[http://sfgate.com/news/special/pages/2002/campusfiles/ Reagan, Hoover, and the UC Red Scare]," 9 June, 2002.  
*[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/12/02/MNG833E5DM1.DTL AP obituary]
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[[Category:Stanford University alumni]]
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[[Category:Swarthmore College alumni]]

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