Manning Julian Dauer was an American political scientist.

Early life

Dauer was born in 1909 in North Carolina. He received his bachelor's degree (1930) and master's degree (1931) from the University of Florida and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois (1933).

Career

During 50 years of teaching political science, Manning Dauer influenced more than 15,000 students, including U.S. Sen.

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. Dauer was a student at UF, earning his bachelor's degree in 1930 and his master's degree in 1931. After receiving his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois in 1933, he returned to UF in 1933 as an instructor. He remained at UF until his retirement in 1980 except for a period of service in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. Dauer established UF's political science department in 1950. He was named a distinguished service professor at UF in 1972 and was awarded an honorary doctor of law degree in 1983. Dauer devoted his life to UF and to the state of Florida, and was one of the foremost scholars of

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. Dauer taught at both the University of Florida's Department of History and Political Science and then at the Department of Political Science when it became a separate department in 1950. He was the first chair of the Department of Political Science, and served in this position for 25 years. His primary research interests was in

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and

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, and he was the author of numerous articles, chapters, and books. He wrote ''The Adams Federalists'', considered the definitive study of

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during the administration of John Adams. Dauer is best known as the principal articulate of the 1967

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plan for Florida, which was mandated by a federal district court (see '' Swann v. Adams''). He also was a key consultant to the Florida Constitutional Revision Commission and helped formulate the most recent

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, adopted in 1968. Dauer served in leadership positions with the

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, and the Florida Political Science Association.

Death and legacy

Dauer died in 1987.

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at UF is named after him.

External links

Official biography
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