Jack Peltason

Jack W. Peltason
18th President of the University of California
In office 1992–1995
Preceded by	David P. Gardner
Succeeded by	Richard C. Atkinson
2nd Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine
In office 1984–1992
Preceded by	Daniel Aldrich
Succeeded by	Laurel Wilkening
Chancellor of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
In office 1967–1977
Personal details
Born	(1923-08-29)August 29, 1923 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died	March 21, 2015(2015-03-21) (aged 91) Irvine, California, United States
Alma mater	University of Missouri Princeton University
Profession	University administrator, professor

Jack W. Peltason (August 29, 1923 – March 21, 2015) was the president of the University of California, and former chancellor of the University of California, Irvine. He died of Parkinson's disease in 2015.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Peltason was a member of the Smith College faculty from 1947-1951 and then joined the University of Illinois-Urbana faculty. He became dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1960. In 1964, he left Illinois to become vice president of academic affairs at the University of California, Irvine. In 1967, he returned to Illinois to become the first chancellor of the Urbana campus and stayed there until 1977 when he returned to Irvine. He served in the chancellor's role during the difficult times of anti war protests in 1970.

Peltason was a political scientist and widely known to generations of students for his American government textbook, Government by the People, which was in press for decades.

External links

• Guide to the Jack Peltason Papers. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
• http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/president
• Anteater Chronicles: Jack W. Peltason Bio