Robert W. Fuller
Robert Fuller | |
|---|---|
| 10th President of Oberlin College | |
| In office 1970 – 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Robert K. Carr |
| Succeeded by | Emil Danenberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 26, 1936 Summit, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | July 15, 2025 (aged 88) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Claire Sheridan Alia Johnson Ann Lackritz |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College (undergraduate) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Profession | Physicist, author, social activist |
| Website | Robert Works Fuller |
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Robert Works Fuller (October 26, 1936 – July 15, 2025) was an American physicist, educator and social reformer. He was president of Oberlin College 1970–1974, where he championed diversity and curricular reform. He then worked for citizen diplomacy during the Cold War, helped found the Hunger Project, which worked to end world hunger, travelled and wrote widely advocating societies free from "Rankism," rank-based discrimination.
Fuller was a Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences.