Word: kerrs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...People who were raised under liberal Republican and Democratic governors, who became blasé about the benefits of such administrations, and who voted for a change are now being awakened-by the closing of unemployment centers, the attempt to charge college tuition, the ouster of University of California President Kerr, and the appointment in all branches of the state government of conservative businessmen. By his actions, Reagan has redefined the word conservative, thus doing more for the Democratic Party than any ten Democratic speakers could...
...Kerr accumulated his first set of barnacles with his handling of the 1964 Berkeley riots, which alienated students and faculty as well as the regents. The board was further annoyed when Kerr in 1965 publicly resigned without first consulting the regents; they persuaded him to reconsider, but many resented the power squeeze. Still another mistake was Kerr's swift reaction to Reagan's initial budget and tuition proposals, when he ordered a temporary hold on student admissions-again without consulting the regents...
During the regular January meeting of the board, Kerr was grilled on this admissions freeze. One regent recalls that "there was an inquisition air about it-the talk was agonizingly tense." Kerr took the questioning as confirmation of the published rumors that the regents were getting set to fire him. On the last day of the regents' meeting, Kerr asked Board Chairman Theodore Meyer and Vice Chairman Dorothy ("Buff") Chandler to his office, told them: "If you've made up your mind to get rid of me, January is better than February." With the financial situation fluid...
Quick Execution. Actually, the regents had not expected to move against Kerr that quickly. But Meyer and Chandler understandably reported to the board that Kerr was insisting on an immediate "vote of confidence." Kerr, also understandably, saw it more as "a clarification of status" and, believing the votes were against him, as "a suggestion for quick execution." Some regents, however, felt that Kerr was gambling on the possibility that the regents would not dare fire him in order to avoid the charge of political interference...
...debate continued for 21 hours, with each regent airing his feelings about Kerr. Reagan was among those who proposed that the question of Kerr's status be postponed. "By the time everybody had had his say," recalls one, "it was like squeezing the toothpaste out of the tube-you can't get it back in-and it was perfectly obvious that there was a lack of confidence in Kerr." In the end, the 14 to 8 vote went against Kerr. After the decision, Meyer and Mrs. Chandler told Kerr of the vote, and asked on behalf...