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	MIT Physics Faculty: Robert J. Birgeneau
		Professor Robert J. Birgeneau's research is primarily concerned with the phases and phase transition behaviour of novel states of matter.
		Professor Birgeneau was a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories from 1968 to 1975, then joined MIT as a Professor of Physics.
		Professor Birgeneau was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 2001, and the Royal Society of Canada in 2002.
	web.mit.edu /physics/facultyandstaff/faculty/robert_birgeneau.html (558 words)

	Robert Birgeneau \| Topic Definition \| Find the Meaning and Define the Answer of Robert Birgeneau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Robert Joseph Birgeneau, a Canadian physicist, became the 9th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley on September 22, 2004.
		The first from his family to finish high school, Birgeneau graduated in 1963 with a BSc in mathematics from the University of Toronto, St. Michael's College, where he also met his wife Mary Catherine; they have four children.
		Birgeneau received his PhD in physics from Yale University in 1966.
	www.thefreeencyclopedia.com /definition/word.aspx?w=Robert_Birgeneau (205 words)

	Robert J. Birgeneau begins term as U of T's 14th president
		Birgeneau was dean of science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1991 to June 2000 and was chair of the department of physics from 1988 to 1991.
		Birgeneau received his doctorate in physics from Yale University in 1966 and was on the faculty there for a year before spending a year at Oxford University through the National Research Council of Canada.
		Birgeneau is an outstanding educator, and his former graduate students and research fellows are now professors at the world's top research universities including Columbia, Cornell, Georgia Tech, MIT, McGill, Princeton, the universities of Maryland and Pennsylvania, Rutgers, SUNY Stonybrook and the University of California.
	www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca /bin1/000704a.asp (597 words)

	Robert J. Birgeneau
		Birgeneau's research is primarily concerned with the phases and phase transition behaviour of novel states of matter.
		Birgeneau was also sensitized to issues of diversity and equity in the early 1970s.
		Birgeneau believes that Canada should be able to sustain several internationally competitive universities on par with Oxford, Cambridge, Berkeley, the University of Tokyo and the University of Paris.
	www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca /bin/19991130c.asp (928 words)

	Robert Birgeneau : Living the California dream \| eG weekly \| EducationGuardian.co.uk
		Much as Birgeneau wants to be hanging out in the research premier leagues - and with 10 Nobel prize winners on staff, Berkeley isn't exactly lagging behind - he's also mindful of the university's commitment to widening participation.
		Birgeneau is too much of a diplomat to admit to any disappointment at this; rather he mentions it in the spirit of live and let live.
		Birgeneau is still somewhat at a loss to explain his Damascene conversion, though it might well have been a bit of private class warfare.
	education.guardian.co.uk /egweekly/story/0,,1817026,00.html (1707 words)

	U of T Magazine -- University of Toronto
		The themes reflect Birgeneau's strong beliefs on what a public university should be, and steered his decisions on everything from hiring to the awarding of scholarships.
		Birgeneau is particularly proud that, based on fellowships awarded in the last four years, U of T ranks 13th in North America in the number of Sloan Fellows.
		Birgeneau says his commitment to equity and accessibility is rooted in his formative years.
	www.magazine.utoronto.ca /04fall/F02.asp (1334 words)

	7.27.2004 - Robert J. Birgeneau appointed UC Berkeley chancellor
		Birgeneau reiterated and expanded on that commitment as he addressed the regents' meeting, the press conference, and then the larger UC Berkeley community awaiting him outside on the steps of Doe Library and Memorial Glade.
		Birgeneau comes to Berkeley at a time when the university and the UC system face painful financial cuts thanks to a dire shortfall in the state budget.
		The rumored amount of Birgeneau's salary has inspired controversy in the run-up to the announcement, and the topic was mentioned in heated terms during both the public comments session of the board of regents meeting and the media press conference.
	www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2004/07/27_chancellor.shtml (1424 words)

	The Daily Californian
		Chancellor Robert Birgeneau has committed to hiring faculty who explore the results of affirmative action and has lauded the benefits of diversity to the campus and state.
		When Chancellor Robert Birgeneau criticized the ban on affirmative action in the Los Angeles Times last month, he did so not with feelings of aggression, but with the insight of a researcher and scholar.
		Birgeneau's increasingly public voice on racial politics at UC Berkeley marks the first time since setting foot on campus in September that he has publicly tackled such a contentious and far-reaching issue.
	www.dailycal.org /article.php?id=18283 (789 words)

	University of California Office of the President
		ROBERT J. Robert J. Birgeneau, an internationally distinguished physicist and current president of the University of Toronto, today (July 27) was appointed the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, by the UC Board of Regents.
		Dynes commented: “Bob Birgeneau believes very strongly that it is the responsibility of a university to be a forum for the exchanging of ideas, the airing of differences, and the working through of those differences.
		Birgeneau’s group uses beams of neutrons from a nuclear reactor, or X-rays from a synchrotron, such as the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, to probe these materials at a microscopic level.
	www.ucop.edu /news/archives/2004/jul27.htm (1183 words)

	Biography
		Robert J. Birgeneau became the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, on Sept. 22, 2004.
		An internationally distinguished physicist, he is a leader in higher education and is well known for his commitment to diversity and equity in the academic community.
		At Berkeley, Birgeneau holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Physics in addition to serving as chancellor.
	cio.chance.berkeley.edu /chancellor/birgeneau/biography/biography.htm (311 words)

	Robert Birgeneau: UC Regents Select New Cal Chancellor: Canadian known for backing diversity; salary criticized CHARLES ...
		With sparkling eyes and a beaming smile, 62-year-old Robert Birgeneau, the current University of Toronto president, appeared as if there was no place else he'd rather be as he spoke to reporters on campus right after the UC regents, as expected, picked him to take over the Berkeley helm from the outgoing Robert Berdahl.
		Birgeneau's reputation, particularly his strong support for diversity, seems to have won him optimistic if cautious expectations from a campus that has seen enrollment decline among underrepresented minorities.
		Birgeneau, who still does research and publishes as a highly regarded physicist while also serving as the top administrator of Canada's largest university, spoke of his own "unusually modest" childhood in Toronto, being the first in his family to complete high school and working in a factory at age 15.
	www.mindfully.org /Reform/2004/Robert-Birgeneau-Chancellor28jul04.htm (899 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Education -- Toronto University president appointed Berkeley chancellor
		Robert Birgeneau, president of the University of Toronto and a renowned physicist, was appointed yesterday to be the ninth chancellor at the University of California Berkeley.
		A longtime champion of student diversity and gender equity, Birgeneau was declared by UC President Robert Dynes to be an "outstanding match" for UC's flagship campus.
		Birgeneau, 62, was recommended by Dynes, a longtime friend, among a pool of nearly 300 candidates.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/education/20040728-9999-1n28cal.html (527 words)

	California Alumni Association at UC Berkeley
		Before Robert Birgeneau took over as president of the University of Toronto in 2000, his squash partner at MIT handed him a New York Times op-ed piece entitled “Why are university presidents so boring?” and said he hoped Birgeneau would not fit that bill.
		Birgeneau is a French-Canadian name (pronounced burge-uh-no), and the new chancellor, who was born in Toronto, traces his lineage on his father’s side back two centuries in Canada.
		People working in Birgeneau’s field have won their share of Nobel Prizes, and it has been suggested that if Birgeneau had stayed in the lab, and out of the administrator’s office, he might well be in line for such an award.
	www.alumni.berkeley.edu /Alumni/Cal_Monthly/November_2004/Robert_Birgeneaus_path_to_Berkeley.asp (3377 words)

	Robert Birgeneau
		Robert Joseph Birgeneau, a Canadian physicist, is the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, having assumed this position on September 22, 2004.
		He left the University of Toronto before the end of his seven-year term, causing a flurry of controversy with his abrupt departure [1].
		The first from his family to finish high school, Birgeneau graduated from St.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Robert_Birgeneau (188 words)

	Berkeley - Cal Chancellor Warns of Diversity Crisis
		Fri, Apr 8, 2005, Final Edition, Section: Bay Area, B1 UC Berkeley's new chancellor, Robert Birgeneau, sounded the opening priority for his administration Thursday by issuing a call to action on a student diversity crisis at the highly ranked university.
		Birgeneau blamed the drop in numbers on Proposition 209, the 1996 voter-approved initiative that banned affirmative action based on race and gender for state and local agencies, including the university.
		UC Berkeley is failing in its responsibility to be "educating the leadership of the state," he said, noting that African Americans and Latinos were projected to make up about 60 percent of the state's population in 20 years, yet represent less than 10 percent of the university's students.
	aad.english.ucsb.edu /docs/04-08-05Burress.htm (642 words)

	Graduate School of Education: 0601calprep.html
		During his keynote address, Birgeneau reflected on his tough childhood in Toronto, Canada, where he was one of four children raised by a single mom in an urban "tenement" and worked in a factory.
		Birgeneau says his life took a different path when a Catholic priest singled him out for a scholarship to a parochial high school in the suburbs.
		The Cal Prep seventh grader followed Birgeneau with an inspirational speech, that opened and closed with the line: “I aspire to set the world on fire!” Jordan said she aspires to a medical career in which she helps cure AIDS and cancer.
	www-gse.berkeley.edu /admin/publications/bulletin0601/0601calprep.html (369 words)

	MIT Dean of Science Robert Birgeneau named president of University of Toronto - MIT News Office
		Birgeneau, 57, a native of Canada and alumnus of the University of Toronto, is a distinguished physicist who recently won the American Physical Society's Julius Edgar Lilienfeld award.
		He was recognized for his research into solid state physics and "for his ability to convey the excitement of physics to a broad range of audiences." He has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1975, and served as chair of the Physics Department from 1988 until he became dean of science in 1991.
		Professor Birgeneau is a 1963 graduate of St. Michael's College at U of T. He received his doctorate in physics from Yale University in 1966 and was on the faculty there for a year before spending a year at Oxford University through the National Research Council of Canada.
	web.mit.edu /newsoffice/1999/birgeneau.html (1293 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Robert J. Birgeneau, an internationally distinguished physicist and president of the University of Toronto, was appointed the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, by the UC Board of Regents.
		Acting on the recommendation of UC President Robert C. Dynes, the regents appointed Birgeneau to the Berkeley post effective on or about Oct. 1.
		Birgeneau, 62, has been president of the University of Toronto since 2000.
	www.lanl.gov /orgs/pa/newsbulletin/2004/08/13/includes/text07.inc (140 words)

	Of science and Simcoe Hall: Profile of Robert Birgeneau
		Robert Birgeneau is lecturing on physics with a staccato-like delivery, peppering his comments with words one associates more with art than science.
		Birgeneau is well qualified to speak on the subject.
		Since he was appointed to the presidency, Birgeneau has been shuttling back and forth between Boston, where he still has an office at MIT, and Toronto where he has been alternately staying at the home of his 91-year-old mother-in-law and at Massey College.
	www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca /bin/000313h.asp (1446 words)

	The Daily Californian
		University of Toronto President Robert Birgeneau awaits the beginning of a special meeting of the UC Regents in which he will be named UC Berkeley chancellor.
		University of Toronto president Robert Birgeneau was appointed UC Berkeley's ninth chancellor Tuesday, ending month-long rumors that he will succeed outgoing chancellor Robert Berdahl.
		Birgeneau, 62, confirmed in June he had interviewed for the position and his name has since been printed in media reports all over the United States and Canada.
	www.dailycal.org /printable.php?id=15707 (493 words)

	Undergraduate Education Colloquium, The College of Letters and Science, UC Berkeley
		At the October 17, 2005 Letters and Science Colloquium, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau expressed strong support for maintaining Berkeley's excellent reputation for excellence not only in research, but also in undergraduate education, and he confirmed his commitment to continue providing world class public education to the citizens of California.
		Birgeneau acknowledged Berkeley's pre-eminence in the second component, research, and expressed his ongoing commitment to involve undergraduates in scholarship and research whenever possible.
		Birgeneau repeated his appreciation of the "extraordinary and gifted students" he has found at Berkeley, emphasizing the need for diversity in the student body and acknowledging that much work needs to be done to rectify recent setbacks to equal access for all qualified applicants to Berkeley.
	ls.berkeley.edu /undergrad/colloquia/05-11.html (472 words)

	Berkeley Chancellor Works Around Prop. 209
		Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, the former president of the University of Toronto who was appointed to lead Berkeley last September, stopped short of declaring war on Proposition 209, the 1996 ballot measure outlawing consideration of race or gender in public hiring, contracting and education.
		Birgeneau’s contention that voters didn’t bargain for the effects of Proposition 209 got a cold reception from Ward Connerly, the recently retired UC regent who fought for race-blind admissions and went on to chair the campaign for the proposition.
		Birgeneau wrote that he feels “a moral obligation to address the issue of inclusion head-on.
	www.sacunion.com /pages/sacramento/articles/3857 (771 words)

	Birgeneau Berkeley-bound? - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Four years into his seven-year mandate as President of U of T, Dr. Robert Birgeneau may be headed to San Francisco to serve as the new Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley.
		If he were to take the position, Birgeneau, 62, would be overseeing a substantively different institution than U of T. Berkeley is one of ten campuses that make up the University of California, and a small institution in comparison to the one he currently presides over.
		Birgeneau's personal friend and former colleague Robert Dynes is currently president of the University of California.
	media.www.thevarsity.ca /media/storage/paper285/news/2004/07/19/News/Birgeneau.BerkeleyBound-694294.shtml?sourcedomain=www.thevarsity.ca&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com (539 words)

	CANOE - The Toronto Sun CareerConnection
		Robert Birgeneau is on a mission: to bring the University of Toronto up to the highest international standards of education and research.
		Birgeneau became U of T's 14th president after leaving his position as dean of science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in July 2000.
		Birgeneau completed an advanced honours undergraduate degree in math and physics at U of T before heading off to complete a PhD in physics at Yale University.
	www.canoe.ca /CareerConnectionNews/030604_dream.html (677 words)

	Toronto educator set to lead UC Berkeley / Regents to vote today on respected research physicist
		Birgeneau, 62, was selected by UC President Robert Dynes from a field of four candidates interviewed by a search committee.
		Birgeneau's strong academic ties are likely to be popular with the faculty at UC Berkeley, and his politics are likely to endear him to the Berkeley community.
		Faculty and staff across the campus say Birgeneau is the only name that has been circulating, and he earlier confirmed to The Chronicle that he was interviewed and was interested in the job.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/27/MNGMC7TM8U1.DTL (934 words)

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