William Craig, 90; Led State Community College System, Institute
William G. Craig, 90, a chancellor of the California Community Colleges who later served as president of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, died Monday at his home in San Diego.
Craig was chancellor of the state community college system from 1977 to 1980, and led the institute from 1980 to 1987.
A native of West Hebron, N.Y., he graduated from Middlebury College and served in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he earned a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in education from Harvard.
His academic career included an eight-year stint as an associate dean of students and associate professor of education at Stanford. He also served as dean of students at Washington State and Kansas State universities.
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