Arnold Robert Weber (September 20, 1929 – August 20, 2020) was the president of

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from 1984–1994. His tenure at Northwestern was marked by stabilizing the university's finances and enhancing the Evanston campus environment.

Biography

Weber was born in a

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family in the

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, and graduated from the

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in 1950. At the beginning of his career, Weber was a professor, first at

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(1957–58), followed by

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(1958-1973). He then went to

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

, where he served first as Dean of the

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(1973–77), and then as provost and professor until 1980. In 1980, he became President of the

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, where he served until 1984. His non-university experience includes serving as president of the Civic Committee of The

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, the leading business and civic organization in the metropolitan area, from 1995–1999. Prior to and during his tenure at Northwestern, Weber served on the boards of many corporations including Burlington Northern Santa Fe Inc., PepsiCo Inc., Tribune Co., John Deere & Company, Aon Corp. and Inland Steel. During his career, he served as a member of the faculty at the Graduate School of Business at the

and as a presidential appointee and economic adviser in the federal government. He has been inducted into the National Academy of Arbitrators and the National Academy of Public Administration, is a Laureate of

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and a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Weber is the author of eight books, as well as numerous monographs and articles on economic policy, industrial and labor relations, and higher education.

References

* http://www.diamondconsultants.com/PublicSite/people/team/?topic=Board+of+Directors&name=Arnold+Weber * http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/910.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Arnold R. Presidents of Northwestern University Carnegie Mellon University faculty Presidents of the University of Colorado System 1929 births 2020 deaths Writers from the Bronx University of Illinois alumni University of Chicago faculty Jewish American writers