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| Ira Michael Heyman | |
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| Name | Ira Michael Heyman |
| Birth date | 1930-07-26 |
| Birth place | New York City, New York, United States |
| Death date | 2011-02-19 |
| Death place | Berkeley, California, United States |
| Occupation | Attorney, academic administrator, legal scholar |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (A.B.), Harvard Law School (J.D.), Oxford University (B.Litt.) |
| Known for | Dean of Berkeley Law School, 18th President of the University of California |
Ira Michael Heyman was an American attorney, legal scholar, and university administrator who served as Dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and as the 18th President of the University of California system. He combined academic scholarship in administrative and constitutional law with public service in the United States Department of Defense and participation in state and federal advisory bodies. Heyman’s leadership at Berkeley and the UC system intersected with debates involving academic freedom, budgetary policy, and research priorities.
Heyman was born in New York City and attended Harvard College where he earned an A.B., then studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar before completing a J.D. at Harvard Law School. His contemporaries and influences included figures associated with Harvard Law School such as Erwin Griswold and connections to scholars at Yale Law School and Columbia Law School. During his early career he engaged with legal circles linked to the Supreme Court of the United States and the American Bar Association.
After law school, Heyman clerked and practiced in arenas tied to prominent institutions like the United States Court of Appeals and worked in the United States Department of Defense during the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson. He joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley where he taught courses related to administrative law and public policy alongside colleagues from Stanford Law School, UCLA School of Law, and the University of Chicago Law School. Heyman served as Dean of the Berkeley Law School and later as provost at the University of California, Berkeley campus, interacting with Regents of the University of California Board of Regents and state officials including members of the California State Legislature and governors such as Jerry Brown and George Deukmejian.
Appointed President of the University of California in the early 1990s, Heyman presided over a multicampus system that included UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside, UC Santa Monica (note: UCLA is sometimes called University of California, Los Angeles), and the University of California, San Francisco. His presidency engaged with budget negotiations involving the California State Legislature, federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, and national organizations including the Association of American Universities. Heyman navigated controversies touching on affirmative action following rulings like Regents of the University of California v. Bakke and policy debates influenced by decisions from the United States Supreme Court.
Heyman emphasized research expansion, faculty recruitment, and interdisciplinary initiatives that linked UC campuses with national laboratories such as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and federal research programs funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. He supported programs that strengthened ties to industries represented by Silicon Valley firms, collaborations with institutions like NASA and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and partnerships with philanthropic organizations including the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Heyman also promoted legal and policy research on administrative law, ethics, and regulatory reform connecting to debates in outlets associated with The New York Times, The Washington Post, and academic journals produced by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.
Over his career Heyman received honors from scholarly and professional organizations such as election to societies linked with American Academy of Arts and Sciences, recognition by the American Bar Association, and honorary degrees from institutions including Harvard University and other universities within the Association of American Universities. He served on advisory boards and trusts tied to cultural and scientific institutions like the Getty Trust, Smithsonian Institution, and regional organizations in California.
Heyman was married and had family connections in the San Francisco Bay Area where he resided during his service at UC Berkeley and as UC President. He maintained relationships with legal scholars in networks across Ivy League schools and public universities. Heyman died in Berkeley, California in 2011.
Category:1930 births Category:2011 deaths Category:Presidents of the University of California