Aimée Dorr

From the UCLA Newsroom: Aimée Dorr, the former dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and provost of the University of California system, died Jan. 25 at her home in South Pasadena, California. She was 83. A longtime professor of education and academic leader at UCLA, Dorr took the helm of the graduate school in 1999 and over the next 13 years helped transform it into a national leader in both education and information studies. Her vision, centered on the importance of making a difference through scholarship and professional practice, emphasized equity, access and bridge-building that brought the expertise of the school’s faculty and staff into Los Angeles communities.

“As dean, Aimée helped set the course for the newly formed UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, bringing together the departments of education and information studies to pursue research, scholarship and practice within and across their respective fields,” said Christina (Tina) Christie, the Wasserman Dean of the UCLA School of Education & Information Studies. “Her vision and leadership helped our school develop future generations of scholars, teachers, information professionals and institutional leaders and established a powerful commitment to the principles of responsibility and social justice, an ethic of caring, and deep partnership with communities that continue to guide our work today.” ...

In July 2012, just days after stepping down as dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies after 13 years — and after nearly 31 years at UCLA — Dorr assumed the role of provost and executive vice president for academic affairs of the University of California, serving as the system’s chief academic officer and leading efforts to ensure the academic excellence of all the UC’s campuses. “Aimée Dorr is an accomplished leader with superb management skills, strategic vision and a long-standing commitment to expanding educational opportunities for all segments of society,” then–UC President Mark Yudof said in announcing her appointment. “Her inclusive management style and understanding of the University of California at all levels will serve the entire system and each of our 10 campuses very well during these challenging times.”

Dorr would serve in the position until retiring in 2017...

Full release at https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/in-memoriam-aimee-dorr-school-education-information-studies.