Background
Bakrow was born in Rochester, New York to Leonard and Edith (Adler) Bakrow.
William Bakrow Edit Profile
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William J. Bakrow was the 11th president of Saint Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa from 1973 to 1987.
Education
He was educated at Harley High School in Rochester.
Career
Early life & Education
He earned his bachelor"s degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and his doctorate in education from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. During World World War II he served in the United States Army. After the war he worked as a correspondent for United Press in the Philippines.
Academic Doctor Bakrow helped establish the Motorola Executive Institute in Tucson, Arizona in 1964, where he served as its executive director until 1973.
In June of the same year he was named the first lay person to serve as president of Saint Ambrose College. During his 15 years at Saint Ambrose he was referred to as "Dollar Bill," as he wiped out the schools $2 million debt, doubled enrollment, and balanced the budget for eight consecutive years.
During his presidency Saint Ambrose began graduate studies with the Masters of Business Administration program At the end of his term as president Saint Ambrose College became Saint Ambrose University.
Later life & death
When he retired from Saint Ambrose in 1987 he moved to Rockport, Massachusetts.
He spent a year as the interim president of Montserrat College of Art, and served on the Rockport Finance Committee and Planning Board. He died in Rockport on March 17, 2005 at the age of 81. His funeral was held in Saint Joachim"s Church and he was buried in Beech Grove Cemetery, both in Rockport.
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Nationality
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