The University of Hawai'i community is mourning the passing of former UH President Harlan Cleveland, who passed away on Friday, May 30, in Sterling, Virginia, at the age of 90.

Noted as a "get-it-all-together" diplomat, political scientist and social philosopher, Cleveland was born in New York City on January 19, 1918. He studied in Switzerland as a child, became fluent in French there, and went on to attend Andover Academy, Princeton University, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

During his tenure, the William S. Richardson School of Law was established on the Manoa campus, and the John A. Burns School of Medicine was expanded from two to four years. He also appointed the first Manoa chancellor, and higher education activities on the Big Island were pulled together under a chancellor at UH Hilo.

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