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Hutchins dies at 78 founder of Center for Democratic Studies
Robert Maynard Hutchins, famed educator and former University of Chicago president, died at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. He led the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions from its Montecito base, reshaping higher education with the Great Books approach and reforms at Yale and Chicago. Surviving are his wife, three daughters, and four grandchildren. His career spanned deanships, presidency, and controversial but influential debates on the role of education and the press.
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