Robert Maynard Hutchins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert Maynard Hutchins

philosopher and university president

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1899

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 17-May-1977

Profession: pedagogue, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Robert Maynard Hutchins

  • Robert Maynard Hutchins (January 17, 1899 – May 14, 1977), was an American educational philosopher.
  • He was president (1929–1945) and chancellor (1945–1951) of the University of Chicago, and earlier dean of Yale Law School (1927–1929).
  • He was the husband of novelist Maude Hutchins.
  • Although his father and grandfather were both Presbyterian ministers, Hutchins became one of the most influential members of the school of secular perennialism. A graduate of Yale University and its law school, Hutchins joined the law faculty and soon was named Dean, where he gained notice for Yale's development of the philosophy of Legal Realism.
  • Hutchins was 30 years old when he became Chicago's president in 1929.
  • While he was president, Hutchins implemented wide-ranging and sometimes controversial reforms of the University, including the elimination of varsity football.
  • He supported interdisciplinary programs, including during World War II, establishing the Metallurgical Laboratory.
  • His most far-reaching academic reforms involved the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago, which was retooled into a novel pedagogical system built on Great Books, Socratic dialogue, comprehensive examinations and early entrance to college.
  • Although parts of the Hutchins Plan were abandoned by the University shortly after Hutchins left in 1951, an adapted version of the program survived at Shimer College. Hutchins left Chicago to head the Ford Foundation where he channeled resources into studying education.
  • In 1959, he founded the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions a think tank in Santa Barbara, California.

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