Charles Adolphus Kiesler (August 14, 1934 – 2002) was an American educator, psychologist and university administrator. He served as chancellor and 19th chief executive officer of the

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campus in Columbia, Missouri. He was also the founding president of the

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(now the Association for Psychological Science) and elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Before becoming chancellor at the University of Missouri he was provost at

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and dean of the Carnegie Mellon University College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Kiesler was born in

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and held degrees from Michigan State University and Stanford University. He died in 2002 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kiesler, Charles Leaders of the University of Missouri People from Columbia, Missouri People from St. Louis University of Missouri faculty Michigan State University alumni Stanford University alumni Vanderbilt University faculty 2002 deaths 1934 births Members of the National Academy of Medicine

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