Educator. He moved to California in 1923, received a bachelor and master’s degree at Occidental College and his doctorate in history at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1957, he became president of San Francisco State College and while in that post was one of the principal architects of “The Master Plan for Higher Education in California”, which became a blueprint for the state university system. He became chancellor of the California State University system in 1962 and in his 20 years as chancellor, enrollment tripled, to include 319,000 students in 1982 and three campuses were added to the system. At the time of his retirement, he received honorary doctoral degrees from nine universities. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)  Family links:  Spouse:  Dorothy Robson Dumke Elliott (1918 – 2008)* *Calculated relationship