Robert G. Hoopes papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: OU-ADM-HOOPES

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

The Robert Hoopes papers contain correspondence documenting Hoopes' responsibilities as an administrator at Oakland University. As Dean of the Faculty, he was responsible for faculty recruitment from 1959 to 1961.

Dates

1958 - 1966

Access and Use note

The papers of Robert G. Hoopes are open for research except for certain records restricted by statute or university policy.

Copyright

Copyright held by Oakland University. The collection includes occasional materials produced by outside parties. Copyright to these items may be held by the original creators.

Biographical note

Robert Griffith Hoopes was hired as a professor of English at Michigan State University-Oakland in July 1957, at the age of 36. He held a PhD from Harvard University and had taught at Stanford University. At Oakland University, he served as Dean of the Faculty from 1959 to 1961, Assistant to the Chancellor for University Planning in 1961-1963, and chair of the English Department until 1969, when he left for a position at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

More information can be found in Robert Hoopes' oral history in the Oakland University Chronicles collection.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence of Robert Hoopes, Dean of the Faculty at Michigan State University-Oakland (Oakland University). Hoopes was hired as a professor of English at MSUO in July 1957, was Dean of the Faculty from 1959 to 1961, Assistant to the Chancellor for University Planning in 1961-1963, and chair of the English Department until 1969.