Robert Maynard Hutchins was an American lawyer and academic who served as the Chancellor of the University of Chicago from 1929 until his death in 1951. His most notable accomplishment was his role in creating and shaping the school's intellectual environment and honors system. He is also known for his leadership of the Great Books movement. He was born in West Virginia and received his law degree from the University of Chicago, where he taught from 1916 to 1929
He served as President of the University of Chicago from 1929 to 1951.
Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will be an ignorant undeveloped one or one who has sought to reach the highest point he is capable of attaining.Robert Maynard Hutchins
Mathematics ... is indispensable as an intellectual technique. In many subjects, to think at all is to think like a mathematician.Robert Maynard Hutchins
