![]() ![]() “At the same time, we are cognizant of the fact that over the course of the ensuing 155 years since the university’s founding, 'Berkeley' has come to embody and represent very different values and perspectives." “We acknowledge that the university’s founders chose to name their new town and campus after an individual whose views warrant no honor or commemoration,” UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof said in a statement to the Chronicle. Renaming a building or a law school, obviously, is less of an undertaking that renaming an entire city. ![]() And the Chronicle reports that both the city and university have contemplated name changes, though neither sound inclined to do so, and there is not currently any groundswell of support for doing so. That Irish philosopher and theologian George Berkeley (1685-1753) happens to be the same George Berkeley for whom the city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley are named. As a college in Dublin, Ireland, takes steps to expunge the name “Berkeley” from its central library, officials at UC Berkeley are confronting the painful legacy behind the moniker - but do they have plans to drop it? - San Francisco Chronicle May 9, 2023 ![]()
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