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Nationally recognized physicist and administrator James Chipman Fletcher was the eighth president of the University of Utah. Fletcher received a BA in physics from Columbia University and served as a research physicist with the U.S. Navy. He was a researcher and instructor at Harvard and Princeton before earning a PhD in physics from the California Institute of Technology. He then worked for several years in the private sector for aerospace companies before returning to academia as U president.
With his background in science, mathematics and engineering, Fletcher set the U on a path toward becoming a prominent computing research university. He established a computer science department within the School of Engineering, and during his tenure, the department became home to one of the first four nodes of the ARPANET, the precursor to the internet. Fletcher put an emphasis on funding cutting-edge research. In 1968, 320 acres of the Fort Douglas military reservation was obtained to create a research park to provide space for research companies and attract new high-tech industries to the U and Utah. Fletcher oversaw major construction projects at the U, including the J. Willard Marriott Library, the Social and Behavioral Sciences building, Pioneer Me
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James C. Fletcher
American NASA Administrator (1919–1991)
Not to be confused with James Cooley Fletcher.
James C. Fletcher | |
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| In office May 12, 1986 – April 8, 1989 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan George H.W Bush |
| Preceded by | James M. Beggs |
| Succeeded by | Richard H. Truly |
| In office April 27, 1971 – May 1, 1977 | |
| President | Richard M. Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Thomas O. Paine |
| Succeeded by | Robert A. Frosch |
| In office 1964–1971 | |
| Preceded by | A. Ray Olpin |
| Succeeded by | Alfred C. Emery |
| Born | June 5, 1919 Millburn, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | December 22, 1991(1991-12-22) (aged 72) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37.92″N111°51′28.8″W / 40.7772000°N 111.858000°W / 40.7772000; -111.858000 |
| Alma mater | Columbia University California Institute of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Cloud chamber studies of cosmic rays (1948) |
| Doctoral advisor | Carl David Anderson |
James Chipman Fletcher (June 5, 1919 – December 22, 1991) served as the 4th and 7th Administrator of NASA, first from April 27, 1971, to May 1, 1977, under Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy