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{{short description|American educator}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Samuel Gould
| image               =
| order               = 1st
| title               = Chancellor of the<br />[[University of California, Santa Barbara]]
| term_start          = 1959
| term_end            = 1962
| predecessor         = [[Elmer Noble]] (acting)
| successor           = [[Vernon Cheadle]]
}}
'''Samuel Brookner Gould''' (1910–1997) was the 1st chancellor of the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] from 1962 to 1962.
==Early life==
Samuel Gould was born in [[Shelton, Connecticut]], on October 11, 1910.  He attended [[Bates College]] in Maine, graduating in 1930.  He then attended [[Oxford University]] briefly in 1931 but left due to financial difficulties.  He next worked for New England Telephone and Telegraph until accepting a teaching position in English at William Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut (1932–38). From 1938 to 1947, Gould headed the department of speech at Brookline High School in Massachusetts while working on his Ph.D. at [[Harvard University]].  He had previously completed his M.A. at New York University.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
==Career ==
He served in the Navy as a Lt. Commander, PTD, during World War II.  After the war, he helped establish [[Boston University]]'s Communications Department and served as an assistant to the president from 1951 to 1953.  In 1954, Gould became president of [[Antioch College]] in Ohio, a position he held until he was appointed 2nd Chancellor of the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] in 1959.  UCSB expanded its academic program under his leadership.  In July 1962, Gould became president of the Educational Broadcasting System in New York with the flagship station, WNDT-TV, channel 13.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
In 1964, Gould was appointed President of the [[State University of New York]].  During his administration, SUNY underwent its greatest physical and academic expansion and consolidation.  Gould's vision for SUNY went beyond a desire to establish a traditional university system.  He included in the university system new technologies such as television and non-traditional study opportunities such as those provided by the Empire State College teacher-mentor system. In 1967, his title was changed to Chancellor of the State University of New York. Under his tenure, the concept of granting academic credit for non-academic experience was initiated.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
In 1970, Gould retired from SUNY, became Chancellor Emeritus and served briefly as a director at [[McKinsey and Company]].  From 1971 to 1974, he served as the chairman of the Carnegie Commission on Non-Traditional Study which attempted to modify and set new goals for education.  During the 1970s Gould worked periodically with the Venezuelan Ministry of Education in developing that nation's university system.  He accompanied Vice President [[Nelson Rockefeller]], a close personal friend, on his 1977 tour of Latin America.  From 1976 to 1977, he served as interim chancellor for higher education for the State of Connecticut.  He has also served as a trustee of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and on the Commission for Post-Secondary Educational Planning in Florida.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
==Death and legacy ==
Gould died on July 11, 1997.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
==References==
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*[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405E2D81238F935A25754C0A961958260 New York Times obituary from July 16, 1997]
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| after=James P. Dixon
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