Clarence Lucien Phelps was the first provost

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 of the University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California, Santa Barbara

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.

Phelps served as president

President

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 of UCSBs predecessor Santa Barbara State Normal School of Manual Arts and Home Economics from 1918, and his administrative title was changed in 1944 when the campus became a part of the University of California

University of California

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. He retired from the position in 1946.

He was educated from Stanford University

Stanford University

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where he received his A.B. and M.A. degrees.