John R. Everett

{{short description|American academic and university administrator}}

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John Rutherford Everett (December 27, 1918 – January 21, 1992) was a college administrator. He was President of Hollins College, the first Chancellor of the Municipal College System of the City of New York, and the President of the New School for Social Research.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/22/obituaries/john-everett-cuny-chancellor-and-new-school-head-dies-at-73.html|title=John Everett, CUNY Chancellor And New School Head, Dies at 73|last=Barron|first=James|date=1992-01-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

Biography

Everett was born in Portland, Oregon.{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Everett_John_R_1918-1992#start_entry|title=Everett, John R. (1918–1992)|website=www.encyclopediavirginia.org}} He earned an AB in 1942 from Park College, an MA in 1943 in economics from Columbia University, a BD in 1944 from Union Theological Seminary, and a PhD in 1945 in philosophy from Columbia University.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/22/obituaries/john-everett-cuny-chancellor-and-new-school-head-dies-at-73.html|title=John Everett, CUNY Chancellor And New School Head, Dies at 73|first=James|last=Barron|newspaper=The New York Times|date=22 January 1992|publisher=}}

In 1950 when he was 31 years of age Everett was elected President of Hollins College, a position he held until he resigned in 1960. In 1960 he became the first Chancellor of the Municipal College System of the City of New York, for a salary of $25,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|25000|1960|r=-3}}}} in current dollar terms). In 1964 he became the President of the New School for Social Research.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtA0AQAAIAAJ&q=%22new+school%22+president+Everett|title=Lithopinion|date=4 April 1972|publisher=Local One, Amalgamated Lithographers of America|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D2NbDwAAQBAJ&q=%22new+school%22+president+Everett&pg=PT514|title=A Light in Dark Times: The New School for Social Research and Its University in Exile|first=Judith|last=Friedlander|date= 2019|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231542579|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6x3S8eM3spAC&q=%22new+school%22+president+Everett&pg=PA298|title=International Dictionary of University Histories|first1=Carol J.|last1=Summerfield|first2=Mary Elizabeth|last2=Devine|first3=Anthony|last3=Levi|date= 1998|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781884964237|via=Google Books}} He retired in 1982. He died of pancreatic cancer in 1992 at 73 years of age.

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