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Provost George W. Wheeler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AR-0109

  • Staff Only

This collection consists primarily of the administrative correspondence that University of Tennessee Provost George W. Wheeler generated during his term in office. Other correspondence shows Wheeler's chairmanship of the Southeastern Universities Research Association's Board of Trustees.

Dates

  • 1983-1990

Conditions Governing Access

Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.

Conditions Governing Use

The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.

Extent

2 Linear Feet

Abstract

This collection consists primarily of the administrative correspondence that University of Tennessee Provost George W. Wheeler generated during his term in office. Other correspondence shows Wheeler's chairmanship of the Southeastern Universities Research Association's Board of Trustees.

Biographical/Historical Note

George William Wheeler was born to John Brooks and Alice (Chamberlin) Wheeler Jr. in Deadham, Massachusetts on December 23, 1924. He earned his BS from Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1949 and his PhD from Yale University in 1953. After graduating, he worked at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute for a year before returning to Yale, where he served as an Assistant Professor of Physics and a Senior Research Associate (1954-1964). He went on to work as the Division Head of the Accelerator Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory (1964-1972), as the Branch Chief of the Atomic Energy Commission's High Energy Physics Program (1972-1974), as a Professor of Physics and Dean of Natural and Social Sciences at the City University of New York (1974-1979), and as a Professor of Physics and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Temple University (1979-1983) before coming to the University of Tennessee in 1984. Here, he served as a Professor of Physics and as the Provost (responsible for both undergraduate and graduate education) under Chancellor Jack Reese until resigning and taking an extended vacation in 1989. After returning to the University, he assumed the position of Senior Advisor to the Chancellor, where he remained until retiring in 1990. George Wheeler died on March 9, 2002.

Arrangement

Collection consists of two boxes.

Acquisition Note

Collection was transferred to University Archives by George Wheeler in November 1992.

Repository Details

Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository

Contact:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville TN 37996 USA
865-974-4480