David S. Saxon

David S. Saxon
Born February 8, 1920
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Died December 8, 2005(2005-12-08) (aged 85)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality United States
Fields Physics
Institutions U.C. Los Angeles, MIT
Alma mater MIT
Spouse Shirley Saxon

David S. Saxon (February 8, 1920 December 8, 2005) was an American physicist and educator who served as the President of University of California system as well as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation.

Saxon was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He attended MIT where he earned a B.S. degree in 1941 and Ph.D. in 1944, both in Physics. He worked in MIT's famed wartime Radiation Laboratory during World War II.

Saxon joined UCLA in 1947, but was dismissed in 1950 with thirty other faculty members because of their objection to signing an oath of loyalty and declaration that they were not Communist Party members. The California Supreme Court later invalidated this requirement and Saxon returned to UCLA in 1952. While at UCLA, Saxon was a dean, vice chancellor, and executive vice chancellor. He served as the president of University of California between 1975 and 1983.

Saxon joined the MIT Corporation in 1977 and held the office of Chairman between 1983 and 1990.

Saxon was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society, American Physical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Saxon was married to his wife, Shirley, for 65 years and had six daughters and six grandchildren.

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Charles J. Hitch
President of the University of California
19751983
Succeeded by
David P. Gardner
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