Larry Neil Vanderhoef (March 20, 1941 – October 15, 2015) was an American biochemist, and academic. He was the 5th chancellor of

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Biography

Vanderhoef was born in Perham, Minnesota to Wilmar James Vanderhoef and Ida Lucille Wothe. He received his B.A. and M.S. in

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from the

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, and a Ph.D. in plant biochemistry from

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. Vanderhoef's research interests included the general area of plant growth and development, and in the evolution of the land-grant universities. He taught classes at levels from freshman to advanced graduate study. The

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named Vanderhoef the fifth chancellor of UC Davis in 1994. He served on various national commissions addressing graduate and international education, the role of a modern land-grant university, and accrediting issues. On June 2, 2008, Vanderhoef announced his intention to resign as chancellor on June 30, 2009, ending his tenure of more than fifteen years. In Summer 2009, former

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Provost

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succeeded Vanderhoef as Chancellor of UC Davis. Vanderhoef died on October 15, 2015, from complications due to a series of ischemic strokes, the first of which occurred in November 2012.

References

External links

Vanderhoef's website at UC Davis

Larry Vanderhoef biography at Daviswiki
People from Perham, Minnesota American biochemists American people of Dutch descent Chancellors of the University of California, Davis Purdue University College of Agriculture alumni University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni 1941 births 2015 deaths {{US-academic-administrator-1940s-stub