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The Gold and the Blue VOLUME TWO CLARK KERR T H E G O L D A N D T H E B L U E A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967 VOLUME TWO Political Turmoil WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MARIAN L. GADE AND MAUREEN KAWAOKA FOREWORD BY NEIL J. SMELSER UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY · LOS ANGELES · LONDON University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2003 by The Regents of the University of California ISBN 0-520-23641-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kerr, Clark, 1911– The gold and the blue : a personal memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967 / Clark Kerr ; with a foreword by Neil J. Smelser. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: v. 1. Academic triumphs v. 2. Political turmoil ISBN 0-520-22367-5 (cloth : alk. paper : v. 1) 1. Kerr, Clark, 1911–. 2. University of California, Berkeley—Presidents—Biography. 3. University of California—History. I. Title. LD755.K47 A3 2001 378.794'67—dc21 2001027243 Manufactured in Canada 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication is both acid-free and totally chlorine-free (TCF). It meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper).8 TO MY WIFE, KAY, who worked so hard and eªectively to further the welfare of the University of California and that of our whole family, and, at the same time, to “Save San Francisco Bay—now and forever.” TO THE ACADEMIC SENATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, which, for the past eighty years, has wielded such great influence over the most essential endeavors of the university and, with but very few exceptions, has done so with high expectations matched by outstanding results. TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, which has the supreme authority over the University of California and, again with a few exceptions, has exercised that authority with devotion and wisdom. If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too . . . RUDYARD KIPLING Contents LIST OF FIGURE AND TABLES XIII FOREWORD XV PREFACE XXVII Part I. Introduction 1. POLITICIZING THE IVORY TOWER 3 Shock Wave I • The Communist threat • The military-industrial-scientific complex • Economic development • Demographic changes—universal access to higher education • The human liberation movement • Postmodernity • The University Reacts • A puzzling question • Formal responses of the university • The larger puzzling question • Evaluation • The “Old” Berkeley and the “New” • My Orientations toward Certain of These Developments • Communism • Industrialization • Universal Access • Politicization Part II. Impacts of McCarthyism 2. THE CATASTROPHIC LOYALTY OATH CONTROVERSY 27 An Outline of Events • The proposal • The faculty objects • An attempted solution • My involvement • Observations • My view of the “line” • Leftist Sentiment at Berkeley? 3. “UN-AMERICAN” ACTIVITIES 48 “Contact Man” • Confrontation over alleged subversive activities • An alleged lack of “diligence” • The 1965 Burns Committee Report • Responses • The “San Diego Files” • The “Yorba Linda intrusion” • The regents and the Burns committee • My evaluation of the situation • Selections from FBI Files: “Kerr is no good” • Addendum: Comment on FBI Activities

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