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Robert G. Sproul

AKA Robert Gordon Sproul, Sr.

Born: 22-May-1891
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Died: 10-Sep-1975
Location of death: Berkeley, CA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Educator
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President, University of California, 1930-58

Father: Robert Sproul
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Moore
Wife: Ida Amelia Wittschen (m. 6-Sep-1916, one daughter, two sons)
Daughter: Marion Elizabeth Goodin (b. 1917)
Son: Robert Gordon Sproul, Jr. (b. 1920
Son: John Allen Sproul (b. 1924)

    High School: Oakland High School, Oakland, CA (1909)
    University: BS Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley (1913)
    Law School: LLD, Occidental College (1926)
    Administrator: President, University of California at Berkeley (1930-58)

    Alpha Zeta Agricutural Fraternity
    American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
    Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity
    Newcomen Society of the United States
    Phi Beta Kappa Society
    Rockefeller Foundation
    Rotary International
    Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
    Young Men's Christian Association
    French Legion of Honor
    Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses 1958
    Scottish Ancestry Paternal


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