predecessor successor death_date nationality office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
george f. bovard arthur herbert fred d. fagg , jr. . cloyd heck marvin july 9 , 1964 american 5th president of the university of arizona president of the university of southern california 7th 1875 1921 1914 elisabeth 1947 -rrb- . patterson sawyers ; m. 1911 , -lrb- died rbvk.1925.usc.yearbook.jpg rufus b. von kleinsmid
 1947 1921 rufus b. von kleinsmid northwestern university , 1905
rufus b. von kleinsmid

rufus bernhard von kleinsmid -lrb- 1875-july 9 , 1964 -rrb- was the seventh president of the university of arizona -lrb- 1914 -- 1921 -rrb- and the fifth president of the university of southern california -lrb- 1921 -- 1947 -rrb- .
von kleinsmid started his academic career at depauw university where he was a professor of education and psychology .
rufus bernhard von kleinsmid became usc 's fifth president in 1921 .
a high priority of his administration was to expand professional training programs , and president von kleinsmid also presided over a building program that added nine major structures to the university campus .
by the end of his first decade in office , usc had attained full national accreditation , established a graduate school to unify graduate work across the university , and had become a large non-denominational institution .
with the onset of the great depression at decade 's end , usc was forced to retrench in the 1930s .
during world war ii -lrb- 1939 -- 1945 -rrb- , army barracks were constructed on campus , and the curriculum reflected a wartime emphasis on international relations , history , geography , languages , science and the like .
some 2,000 military trainees added to crowded conditions on campus .
after the war , the lack of space at usc grew even worse , as the g.i. bill brought former servicemen to the university for study .
enrollment soared from 8,500 in 1945 to more than 24,000 in 1947 .
in 1946 von kleinsmid , then 70 years old , elected to step down and became usc 's chancellor for life .
he was recognized as `` one of three of the nation 's most distinguished citizens '' through the national institute of social sciences gold medal award .
on an international level , von kleinsmid received awards from 20 national governments for his achievements .
the swiss-born american artist adolfo müller-ury -lrb- 1862 -- 1947 -rrb- painted his three-quarter length portrait in 1931 ; it was the gift of the doheny family to the university of southern california , who de-accessioned it in the 1980s .
von kleinsmid was a skilled fencer , and helped found the usc fencing club .
a passionate supporter of eugenics -lrb- which he described as `` the science of good birth '' -rrb- and related sterilization programs , von kleinsmid co-founded the human betterment association .
he argued that `` the acceptance is even now upon us , and the application of the principles of eugenics to organized society is one of the most important duties of the social scientist of the present generation . ''
von kleinsmid died on july 9 , 1964 .
