theDartmouth.com
By Lindsay Ellis
Published on Monday, November 28, 2011
Ira Michael Heyman ’51, a former member of the Board of Trustees who triumphed affirmative action while serving as Chancellor for University of California, Berkeley from 1980 to 1990, died due to complications from emphysema in his Berkeley home on Nov. 19, according to his son, James Heyman. He was 81 years old.
Heyman, who also served as the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was highly-regarded at Berkeley because of his intellect and concentration on community issues, John Cummins, Berkeley’s former associate chancellor and Heyman’s chief of staff, said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
“He had the ability to bring people together around issues and work for solutions that weren’t always popular but were ahead of his time,” Cummins said.
Heyman helped develop Berkeley’s affirmative action policy, according to Cummins. During Heyman’s time at Berkeley, the number of undergraduate students of color rose from 21 to 57 percent, according to his faculty profile on the university’s website.
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