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Ep. 32 - Cal History: Robert Gordon Sproul

Ep. 32 - Cal History: Robert Gordon Sproul

Update: 2025-05-30

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Leslie Mitchell teaches us all about Robert Gordon Sproul, the Cal alum who rose up through the ranks at UC Berkeley to become the first system-wide president of the University of California. And we'll learn about how UC Berkeley dramatically grew as a research institution under his leadership from 1930 through 1958.

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Ep. 32 - Cal History: Robert Gordon Sproul

Ep. 32 - Cal History: Robert Gordon Sproul

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