Paul R. Anderson

Paul Russell Anderson (September 27, 1907 – January 31, 1993) was an American educator and academic administrator.

Born in Akron, Ohio, Anderson attended Ohio Wesleyan University and took his first teaching position at the American University of Beirut following his graduation. After returning to the U.S. and earning his Ph.D. at Columbia University, he taught at MacMurray College for Women, Lake Erie College, Oberlin College, and Lawrence College before accepting the presidency of the Pennsylvania College for Women in Pittsburgh. His fifteen-year tenure there included a significant expansion of the campus, a rise in the endowment, and a name change to Chatham College (now Chatham University). He left for an administrative role at Temple University in 1960 and was named president of Temple in 1967. His time at Temple was contentious; students staged a walkout protest during his inauguration and the faculty senate voted to demand his resignation in 1970. He ultimately retired effective July 1973 and died at his home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, in 1993. Provided by Wikipedia