Frederick M. Hunter

(1879-1964) lived in Lincoln and Norfolk. Educator, administrator, college president, served as chancellor of Oregon State System of Higher Education from 1935 to 1946 and credited with developing harmony among five school campuses during difficult times and building a model system for the nation; previously he was superintendent of several Nebraska public schools, and as superintendent of the Oakland, California Public Schools from 1917 to 1928 the number of students increased from 25 to 44 thousand, teachers from 979 to 1980, and junior high schools from one to fifteen; was chancellor of the University of Denver from 1928 to 1935 when actual building construction and scholastic reputation expanded. Consult UNL Nebraska Alumnus, February 1928, pp. 54, 60 and Fall 2002, p. 18 and Denver Post, June 16, 1935, pp. 1, 3 and obituaries in Eugene /OR/ Register-Guard, May 17, 1964, p. A-2 and Sunday /Portland/ Oregonian, May 17, 1964, p. 21 and Who Was Who in America, Vol 6 (1976) 205.

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