Maurice Glicksman Provost Files (OF-1CA-G1)

Biographical/Historical Note

Maurice Glicksman was born in Toronto, Canada in 1928, studied at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and received his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Chicago in 1954. His research career brought him to the RCA Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey from 1954 to 1969, with a four-year appointment as Director of the RCA Laboratories in Tokyo, Japan from 1963-1967. In 1969 he became University Professor and Professor of Engineering at Brown University, where he served over the course of his career at the university as Dean of the Graduate School, Dean of the Faculty and Academic Affairs, and ultimately as Provost from 1978-1990. He retired to become Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Physics in 1994.

Maurice Glicksman served on the boards of over 20 different organizations with diverse missions including science research, academic, library science, health care, religious observance and community service. In Princeton, New Jersey he served as President and board member at the Princeton Jewish Center, and in Providence, Rhode Island he served on the board of Temple Emanu-El and the board of Hillel and Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design. He served as a member of the board at The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island and served as Chairman during his tenure. He was also on the board of the Jewish Home for the Aged, The Jewish Seniors Agency, and was on the board of Lifespan Corporation of Providence, Rhode Island (including Director). On the national level he served on the boards of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) of Dublin, Ohio, on the Fermilab Board of Overseers (including Chairman), and the National Council of Chief Academic Officers, the National Council on Education, and the Center for Research Libraries (including Chairman).