Michael Hooker
8th Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In office
1995–1999
Preceded byPaul Hardin III
Succeeded byWilliam Octavius McCoy (acting)
President of the University of Massachusetts System
In office
1992–1995
Preceded byJoseph Duffey
Succeeded byWilliam Bulger
President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
In office
1986–1992
Preceded byJohn W. Dorsey
Succeeded byFreeman Hrabowski III
President of Bennington College
In office
1982–1986
Personal details
Born(1945-08-24)August 24, 1945
Richlands, Virginia
DiedJune 29, 1999(1999-06-29) (aged 53)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
SpouseCarmen DeFrates
ChildrenAlexandra Hooker
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., '69)
University of Massachusetts-Amherst (MA., '72, Ph.D., '73)[1]
ProfessionPhilosopher

Michael Kenneth Hooker (August 24, 1945 – June 29, 1999) was an American academic who served as the eighth Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Bennington College.

Early life

Hooker was born in 1945 in Richlands, Virginia.[2] A son of a coal miner, Hooker was the first in his family to attend college.[1] He chose to study philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and went on to pursue his doctoral degree at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Academia

After receiving his Ph.D., Hooker began to teach philosophy at Harvard University and the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In 1975, he became dean at Johns Hopkins University until 1982 when he moved to Vermont to become the president of Bennington College. Four years later, Hooker returned to Baltimore to become the president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and then left in 1992 to become the president of the University of Massachusetts system. At UMBC, Hooker enhanced the quality of the university by attracting more students from around the state.[3] Finally, in 1995 he became the eighth chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until his death in 1999. At UNC Chapel Hill, he made computer literacy a top priority, preparing students for the technological changes of the twenty-first century.[1]

Death

Michael Hooker died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wolfgang Saxon (1999-07-11). "Michael K. Hooker, 53, Chancellor With a Community Approach". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  2. Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
  3. 1 2 "Michael K Hooker | Former UMBC president Michael K. Hooker, 53, dies". Articles.baltimoresun.com. 1999-06-30. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
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