| 词条 | John Carrier Weaver |
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John Carrier Weaver (May 21, 1915 – March 10, 1995) was an American professor of geography, and college administrator for several major universities in the United States. Early lifeWeaver was born in Evanston, Illinois. His father, A. T. Weaver, was a professor of speech at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1918 to 1961. John Weaver graduated from the University of Wisconsin High School, then received his A.B. (1936), A.M. (1937), and Ph.D. (1942), all in geography, from the University of Wisconsin. He was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. Military serviceHe was on the staff of the American Geographical Society from 1940-1942, was a researcher for the Division of Geography and Cartography of the United States Department of State from 1942-1944, and from 1944-1946 served as an Arctic intelligence officer in the Navy. Career in higher educationWeaver taught geography at the University of Minnesota from 1946-1955; became dean of the College of Arts and Science at Kansas State University (1955-1957); then dean of the Graduate College at the University of Nebraska (1957-1961), vice president for research and dean of the Graduate College at the University of Iowa (1961-1964); and vice president for academic affairs at The Ohio State University (1964-1966). From 1966 to 1970, Weaver served as president of the University of Missouri System. In 1970, the regents of the University of Wisconsin elected Weaver president, and he took office in January 1971; when the University of Wisconsin System was created in October 1971, Weaver became its first president.[1] Weaver retired from the UW System in June, 1977, and moved to Los Angeles where he was a Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of Southern California and the first executive director of the Annenberg Center for the Study of the American Experience. He died in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. {{s-start}}{{s-aca}}{{succession box| title=President of the University of Missouri System | before=Elmer Ellis | after=C. Brice Ratchford| years=1966-1970}}{{succession box | title=President of the University of Wisconsin | before= Robert Clodius | after = None | years=1971}}{{succession box | title=President of the University of Wisconsin system | before= None | after = Hugh Edwin Young | years=1971-1977}}{{s-end}}References1. ^University of Wisconsin Archives and Records Management. [https://www.library.wisc.edu/archives/exhibits/campus-history-projects/chancellors-and-presidents-of-the-university-of-wisconsin-madison/presidents-of-the-university-of-wisconsin-system/ Presidents of the University of Wisconsin System]. {{University of Wisconsin–Madison leaders}}{{University of Wisconsin presidents}}{{University of Missouri System presidents}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Weaver, John Carrier}} 15 : 1915 births|1995 deaths|American geographers|Science teachers|University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni|Leaders of the University of Wisconsin-Madison|People from Evanston, Illinois|Scientists from Madison, Wisconsin|Presidents of the University of Missouri System|Presidents of the University of Wisconsin System|University of Minnesota faculty|Kansas State University faculty|University of Iowa faculty|University of Nebraska faculty|Ohio State University faculty |
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