Barbara Uehling Charlton (June 12, 1932 – January 2, 2020) was an American educator and university administrator. She served as the 3rd chancellor and 17th chief executive officer of the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...
campus in
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the county seat of Boone County and home to the University of Missouri. Founded in 1821, it is the principal city of the five-county Columbia metropolitan area. It is Missouri's fourth ...
. She was the first woman in the
United States
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to lead a
land-grant university
A land-grant university (also called land-grant college or land-grant institution) is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts, Morrill Acts of 1862 and ...
. Before coming to Missouri, Uehling served as provost for the
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
. After leaving the University of Missouri, she served as a senior visiting fellow on the American Council of Education in
Washington D.C.
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and later served as chancellor of the
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduate ...
. Uehling and
Rosemary S. J. Schraer were the first women to serve as UC chancellors.
Personal life
Uehling received her undergraduate degree in psychology from
Wichita State University
Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in ...
in 1954, and a PhD in experimental psychology at
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
. She died from complications of
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in short-term me ...
on January 2, 2020.
See also
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History of the University of Missouri
The University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, was established in 1839. This later expanded to the statewide University of Missouri System.
Founding and early years
MU was founded in 1839 as part of the Geyer Act to establish a state land-gr ...
References
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Leaders of the University of Missouri
People from Columbia, Missouri
University of Oklahoma faculty
University of California, Santa Barbara faculty
Chancellors of the University of California, Santa Barbara
1932 births
2020 deaths