Robert White; Led Kent State in 1960s
Robert L. White, who was president of Kent State University when National Guardsmen shot to death four students and wounded nine during a protest against the Vietnam War, has died. He was 81.
White died Wednesday in Ravenna.
His career at the university spanned 44 years. White was president of the school from 1963 to 1971. He retired in 1975.
During an anti-war protest on May 4, 1970, Guardsmen called in by Mayor Leroy Satrom opened fire on demonstrators. The deaths stunned the nation and touched off a wave of protests at college campuses around the country.
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