Star, Elvis Jacob

Born in the family of Elvis Star, a judge in Fulton County, Kentucky. In 1936, after graduating from the University of Kentucky , he continued his studies at Merton College, Oxford Law School. He then practiced law in New York and studied Chinese at Yale University . During World War II, he served in combat units in China with the rank of lieutenant colonel of the US Army.

After the war, he continued his legal practice in New York. In 1947 he became a professor of law at the University of Kentucky. Soon he took the position of dean of the law college of the University of Kentucky , which he held until 1956, when he was elected president of the university, participated in the process of desegregation of higher education. During the Korean War, took a 16-month vacation to served as a special assistant to the US Army Secretary Frank Pace . In 1957-1958 - Vice Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh ; in 1958–1961 - President of the University of West Virginia.

In the years 1961-1962. - Minister of the US Army in the administration of John F. Kennedy . During this period came the Berlin crisis of 1961 and the Operation in the Bay of Pigs . The Minister initiated the process of reorganization of the army: the structure of the division was reformed, the methods of interaction with the local population (Civic Action) were expanded. He also mobilized the Alabama National Guard in 1961, when Kennedy desegregated the University of Alabama. In 1962, politicians resigned to become president of Indiana University.

In the years 1962-1968. - President of Indiana University . He joined the Gary and Calumet campuses at Indian Northwest University, organized Indiana University in Fort Wayne, founded the School of Library and Information Sciences and established partnerships with the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis.

In 1968-1981 Chairman of the National Audubon Society . Under his leadership, the number of members of the Society has more than quadrupled to nearly 400,000. As president of the Audubon Society], he managed to preserve the Florida Everglades ecoregion from commercial and industrial development, fought for international agreements on whaling, and implemented a campaign of liberal tax laws to allow charitable organizations to lobby for public policy issues.

Then he practiced law in Washington, lobbied for the solution of environmental problems. He has also been a member of several corporate boards of directors, including Chase Manhattan Corp. and Acadia Mutual Life Insurance Co. For his work received more than 27 honorary degrees from various colleges and universities.

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