Ray Heffner

Raymond Lorenzo Heffner (May 7, 1925 – November 28, 2012) was a University Professor and former president of Brown University. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and graduated from Yale College in 1948, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the Elizabethan Club, and Scroll and Key. He earned his master's degree at Yale in 1950 and his Ph.D., also from Yale, in 1953 following the completion of a dissertation on the Elizabethan poet Michael Drayton.

Ray Heffner
13th President of Brown University
In office
1966–1969
Preceded byBarnaby Keeney
Succeeded byDonald Hornig
Personal details
Born(1925-05-07)May 7, 1925
Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedNovember 28, 2012(2012-11-28) (aged 87)
Coralville, Iowa
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale College

Heffner was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1959–1960.[1] In 1966, he accepted the presidency of Brown University. He resigned the presidency of Brown in 1969 stating, “I have simply reached the conclusion that I do not enjoy being a university president.”

Heffner died November 28, 2012 at Lantern Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Coralville, Iowa.[2]

A more detailed biography of President Heffner is available through Brown University's Encyclopedia Brunoniana.[3]

References
  1. "Ray L. Heffner". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  2. "Obituary. Ray Heffner". Iowa City Press-Citizen. November 30, 2012.
  3. Mitchell, Martha (1993). "Heffner, Ray L." Encyclopedia Brunoniana (brown.edu).
Academic offices
Preceded by
Barnaby Keeney		 President of Brown University
1966–1969		 Succeeded by
Donald Hornig
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