Clark G. Kuebler

Clark George Kuebler (24 March 1908 – 28 March 1974 (aged 66)) was an American professor and educator. He received his A.B. from Northwestern University and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.^[1] He became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity during his college years.

He was president of the Episcopal Church National Council of Churchmen for several years.^[2]

He was in the classics department of Northwestern University from 1930 to 1943.^[3] He was the seventh president of Ripon College from 1943 to 1954^[2] and the third provost of the Santa Barbara College of the University of California (now University of California, Santa Barbara) for a short period in 1955.^[3]

Kuebler resigned from the position of provost after only nine months, when he was accused of propositioning a male detective he had just met while visiting New York City to recruit faculty members.^[4][5] He was arrested by the New York City Police Department on suspicion of assault and loitering in a public place to solicit "a crime against nature".^[6] Kuebler maintained his innocence and the charges were later dropped, but his academic career was over.^[4][5][6] In the conservative 1950s, a mere accusation of homosexuality "regardless of ... veracity or outcome" was often fatal to an academic career.^[6] This was around the same time as the Lavender Scare in the federal government.^[7]

He later entered private business in Brazil.^[3][7] In 1965, he was on the board of the Fulbright Commission in Brazil.^[8]

Kuebler died in Rio de Janeiro on March 28, 1974.^[7]

References

1. "Santa Barbara: Administrative Officers". University of California History. Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
2. "Ripon College Presidents". Ripon College. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
3. "The Centennial of The University of California, 1868-1968". Calisphere, University of California. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
4. Stadtman, Verne A. (1970). The University of California, 1868–1968. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 401.
5. Ebenstein, Lanny (2013). "The Rise of UCSB". Noticias: Journal of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. 54 (3): 117–183. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
6. Loftin, Craig M. (2012). Masked Voices: Gay Men and Lesbians in Cold War America. Albany: State University of New York Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-4384-4016-3.
7. mcwaid, bridge; Reynolds, Dwight F. (2024-03-14). "A Glimpse of Gay History at UC Santa Barbara". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
8. "#DYK that public-private partnerships have been an important aspect of the #Fulbright Program since its earliest years?". The Fulbright Program (Facebook page). May 11, 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-25.

External links

• "Prof Insists He's Innocent in Sex Case"
• Mention of Clark G. Kuebler's death (in Portuguese)