Daniel G. Aldrich Jr. appointed founding chancellor

January 01, 1962 Daniel G. Aldrich Jr. appointed founding chancellor

The first three times Clark Kerr asked, Daniel G. Aldrich Jr. said no. But he slowly warmed to the idea of starting a campus from scratch. On December 6, 1961, Kerr asked a third time, and Aldrich finally said yes. The path for the rest of Aldrich’s life was set: He was a founding chancellor.