Kenneth P. Mortimer is a scholar who was president of

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from 1988 to 1993, and the eleventh president of the

University of Hawaiʻi The University of Hawaiʻi System is a public college and university system in Hawaii. The system confers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through three universities, seven community colleges, an employment training center, ...

system and chancellor of the University of Hawaiʻi at

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from 1993 to 2001. He received a

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and

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

from the

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and a

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from the

University of California at Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkele ...

. He previously worked for

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. He is a well-known scholar in the area of

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. Currently he is engaged in writing, consulting, and serving on boards. He is the author of several books including ''The Art and Politics of Academic Governance: Relations among Boards, Presidents, and Faculty''.

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Living people Presidents of the University of Hawaii System Leaders of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Wharton School alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Pennsylvania State University faculty Western Washington University faculty Year of birth missing (living people) 1930s births {{US-academic-administrator-1930s-stub