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Dr.
Robert C. Maxson
Dr.
Stephen Horn
Dr.
Carl W. McIntosh
P.
Victor Peterson
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Dr. Curtis
L. McCray
(May 1988-January 1993)
The inauguration of Dr. Curtis McCray
in August of 1989 coincided with the 40th anniversary of California
State University, Long Beach honoring the high standards and academic
excellence that are an integral part of CSULB.
As CSULB's fourth president, Dr.
McCray continued to build on the school's tradition as an excellent
educational institution and its close relationship between the academic
and athletic programs at the school. Having spent six years as the
president of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Dr.
McCray knew what it took to successfully carry on the duties as
president of a major, thriving university.
Dr. McCray was reared in Wheatland,
Indiana and attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois as a (George
F. Baker Scholarship recipient. There, he earned a bachelor of arts
degree, majoring in psychology, in 1960. After receiving his bachelor's
degree, Dr. McCray attended the University of Pennsylvania as a
Woodrow Wilson Fellow in psychology during the 1960-61 academic
year. He also worked as a research assistant while at Penn and at
Jackson Laboratories in Bar Harbor, Maine.
From there Dr. McCray moved on to
Lincoln, Nebraska where he enrolled as a doctoral student in 1963
at the University of Nebraska. While there he obtained an appointment
as an instructor in English until his graduation in 1968 with his
Doctor of Philosophy degree in English.
From 1968 to 1977 Dr. McCray was
at Saginaw Valley State College in Michigan where he began as an
assistant professor of English and rose to be appointed the Dean
of the School of Arts and Sciences. In 1977 Dr. McCray became the
provost and vice president for academic affairs and a university
professor of English at Governors State University, located in Park
Forest South, a suburb of Chicago. He served five years there before
becoming the third president at the University of North Florida.
While at North Florida, Dr. McCray
served on the board of the Jacksonville Community Council, Inc.,
and on the board of governors of the Jacksonville Area Chamber of
Commerce. Dr. McCray served on numerous boards and committees while
president of UNF and was actively involved in several civic and
community affairs programs in the Jacksonville, and Northern Florida
area.
McCray left CSULB in 1993 to become
president of Millikin University in Decatur, Ill. Remained there
until being named president of National-Louis University in Chicago
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