Ray Heffner

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Ray Heffner
13th President of Brown University
In office 1966–1969
Preceded by	Barnaby Keeney
Succeeded by	Donald Hornig
Personal details
Born	(1925-05-07)May 7, 1925 Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	November 28, 2012(2012-11-28) (aged 87) Coralville, Iowa
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale College

Raymond Lorenzo Heffner (May 7, 1925-November 28, 2012) was a University Professor and former president of Brown University. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and graduated from Yale College in 1948, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the Elizabethan Club, and Scroll and Key. He earned his master's degree at Yale in 1950 and his Ph.D., also from Yale, in 1953 following the completion of a dissertation on the Elizabethan poet Michael Drayton.

In 1966, he accepted the presidency of Brown University. He resigned the presidency of Brown in 1969 stating, “I have simply reached the conclusion that I do not enjoy being a university president.”

Heffner died November 28, 2012 at Lantern Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Coralville, Iowa.^[1]

A more detailed biography of President Heffner is available through Brown University's Encyclopedia Brunoniana.

References

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Academic offices
Preceded by Barnaby Keeney	President of Brown University 1966–1969	Succeeded by Donald Hornig

v t e Presidents of Brown University

Manning Maxcy Messer Wayland Sears Caswell Robinson Andrews Faunce Barbour Wriston Keeney Heffner Hornig Swearer Gregorian Gee Simmons Paxson

Persondata
Name	Heffner, Ray
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 7, 1925
Place of birth	Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Date of death	November 28, 2012
Place of death	Coralville, Iowa

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