David Saxon, 85, University President and Victim of Red Scare, Dies

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: December 10, 2005

BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 9 (AP) - David S. Saxon, a physicist who was dismissed by the University of California for refusing to sign a loyalty oath in the Red Scare of the 1950's but went on to lead the entire system, died here on Thursday. He was 85.

Mr. Saxon, whose death was announced by the University of California, Berkeley, also led the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.