Marshall Criser was the eighth president of the University of Florida, serving from 1984 to 1989.
14 Facts About Marshall Criser
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Marshall Criser earned his way through his undergraduate studies as a construction worker and cafeteria cashier, while remaining an active member of various extracurricular organizations.
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Marshall Criser was president of Sigma Nu Fraternity, student government, and the Florida Blue Key leadership honorary society, in addition to being a senior officer in the Reserve Officers Training Corps, the business manager of the Seminole yearbook, and homecoming chairman.
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Marshall Criser was inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame.
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Marshall Criser graduated from the university's College of Business Administration with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1949, and from its College of Law with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1951.
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Marshall Criser served as a member of the board of governors of The Florida Bar from 1960 to 1969 and as its president from 1968 to 1969, and was a member of the American Bar Association House of delegates.
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Marshall Criser was two-term member of the Board of Regents of the State University System of Florida from 1971 to 1981, having been appointed by Governor Reubin Askew, and served as the chairman of the Board of Regents from 1974 to 1977.
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The Florida Board of Regents selected Marshall Criser to be the eighth president of the University of Florida in 1984.
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Marshall Criser was the University of Florida's second alumnus to serve as its president.
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Marshall Criser was responsible for initiating the university's first comprehensive capital campaign in the fall of 1988.
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Marshall Criser advocated reducing class sizes to improve the quality of academic instruction, and proposed reducing undergraduate enrollment by 1,500 students while maintaining the size of the university faculty and budget.
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Marshall Criser made plans for raising the university's admissions standards and its upper division retention requirements, bolstering the academic counseling program, and rewarding faculty excellence in instruction, research and academic publishing.
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Marshall Criser served as a member of the NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee.
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On November 13,2013, Criser's eldest son, Marshall Criser III, was selected as the next Chancellor of the State University System of Florida.