Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899 - 1977)

Robert Maynard Hutchins (January 17, 1899 – May 14, 1977) was an American educational philosopher. He was president (1929–1945) and chancellor (1945–1951) of the University of Chicago, and earlier dean of Yale Law School (1927–1929). Hutchins became one of the most influential members of the school of secular perennialism.