October 27, 2008
Charles E. Young, Longtime UCLA Chancellor, Returns to Teach Politics
A historic presidential election deserves a legendary professor to teach about the history of the presidency, right?
Charles E. Young, credited with transforming the University of California at Los Angeles into a world-class research institution, has returned to teach at the campus where he served for 30 years as chancellor before retiring in 1997, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Mr. Young, 76, holds a weekly, three-hour course that examines the nation’s highest elected office from George Washington to George W. Bush, as well as the current election.
“I thought to do just the current election would have insufficient substance and get to be just a bull session,” Mr. Young told the newspaper.
The Times notes, however, that legendary status can be fleeting. Although the UCLA campus has a research library and a street named for the former chancellor, some of the 34 students who signed up for the course were unaware of who Mr. Young was or thought he was probably dead and that their instructor was, perhaps, his son.
Eric Kelderman | Posted on Monday October 27, 2008 | Permalink
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