Jules Zimmer and Marilyn Gevirtz at the Education Building dedication in November 2009 (photo by Nell Campbell)
Anonymous gift establishes Jules Zimmer Dean’s Chair in UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
After serving on the faculty for more than 30 years, and spending half that as dean of the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education (GGSE), Jules Zimmer’s legacy at UC Santa Barbara was already strong. And now it’s cemented.
An anonymous gift from a technology company headquartered in Santa Barbara, and made in Zimmer’s honor, has established the Jules Zimmer Dean’s Chair at Gevirtz School. Jeffrey Milem, current dean of GGSE, is the inaugural holder of the administrative chair.
“I’m so grateful. It’s quite an honor,” Zimmer said of the chair being endowed in his name. “I had so many wonderful students in my life, and I feel like this is an honor for all of them. My experience as dean of the Gevirtz School was absolutely fulfilling. There were a lot of great friendships built and a lot of wonderful challenges.
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