About Mel George
Lived 1936 – 2016 (aged 79–80). Mel George was an American academic administrator.
Melvin D. George (February 13, 1936 – April 25, 2016) was an American educator who was president of St. Olaf College from 1985 to 1994, and twice interim president of the University of Missouri. George was interim president from 1984 to 1985 and again from 1996 to 1997.
He was a native of Washington, D.C., and a graduate of Northwestern University. George came to the University of Missouri in 1960 as a mathematics professor after receiving his doctorate from Princeton University. He died on April 25, 2016, at the age of 80. He was knighted by King Harald V of Norway for his efforts to strengthen and maintain the close relationship between the United States and Norway.
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American academic administrator
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Mel George was born in 1936.
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Mel George died on 25 April 2016.
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Mel George was an academic administrator.
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