Leonard Chapin Mead | |
|---|---|
| President ofTufts University | |
| In office 1966–1967 | |
| Preceded by | Nils Yngve Wessell |
| Succeeded by | Burton Crosby Hallowell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1913-12-28)December 28, 1913 |
| Died | October 11, 2002(2002-10-11) (aged 88) |
Leonard Chapin Mead (December 28, 1913 – October 11, 2002) was the acting president ofTufts University from 1966 to 1967, between the terms of the eighth and ninth elected presidents.
Mead was born inMilford, Massachusetts. He received a bachelor of arts degree fromDartmouth College in 1936, as well as a master's degree in 1937 and a Ph.D. in 1939 from theUniversity of Rochester.
Mead held a variety of teaching positions in the Psychology Department at Tufts from 1939 until his retirement in 1976.
Mead also served as the dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences from 1953 to 1959, and then as the senior vice president and provost from 1959 to 1966. He served as acting president from 1966 through 1967, when he was awarded an honorary degree from Tufts. In 1968, he took a leave of absence to serve as the project specialist for theFord Foundation at theUniversity of Delhi inIndia. He returned to Tufts and retired in 1979.
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