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Leon Hartman, 6th president

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Leon W. Hartman, 1938 - 1943

Hartman, a faculty member, succeeded President Walter Clark, who was in poor health during his final year of the presidency. From acting president in 1938 he was formally inaugurated in 1939. He insisted on academic freedom and welcomed faculty participation in the University’s affairs. He was only the second University president to die in office.