Abe Fischler and Admiral Stansfield Turner

Abe Fischler and Admiral Stansfield Turner. Photo credit Gerlinde Photography Abraham S. Fischler (January 21, 1928 – April 3, 2017) was an American academic and was the second president of Nova Southeastern University. Fischler graduated from Columbia University in 1959 with his Ed.D. He went on to serve as Assistant Professor of Science Education at Harvard University and Professor of Education at the University of California, Berkeley before joining the fledgling Nova University in 1966. Fischler served as Dean of Graduate Studies and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Center from 1966 to 1969. He became the President of Nova Southeastern University in 1970 and was President until 1992. During his tenure as President, Nova Southeastern University developed and offered the first doctoral distance education program in the country in 1971. Fischler\u27s distance education program was a precursor to modern online education programs but was the first of its kind at the time that it was created. Today, Nova Southeastern University remains a leader in distance education, offering programs online and via video conferences, at national and international instruction sites, and at the university\u27s physical campuses. More than 11,000 students are enrolled in Fischler School of Education programs yearly. After retiring from the Presidency, Fischler served on the board of Broward County Public Schools from 1994 to 1998. He has also previously served as a consultant to the Ford Foundation, to various state departments of education, and to school districts in other states. He has authored numerous textbooks, articles, and other publications concerning teaching methods and science education. Fischler was President Emeritus and University Professor at Nova Southeastern University and served on the boards of a variety of community, arts, and education organizations. He continued to be active in the area of K-12 education reform and published a blog on the topic titled The Student is the Class until his death. Stansfield Turner (December 1, 1923 – January 18, 2018) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as President of the Naval War College (1972–1974), commander of the United States Second Fleet (1974–1975), Supreme Allied Commander NATO Southern Europe (1975–1977), and was Director of Central Intelligence (1977–1981) under the Carter administration. A graduate of the University of Oxford and the United States Naval Academy, Turner served for more than 30 years in the Navy, commanding warships, a carrier group, and NATO\u27s military forces in southern Europe, among other commands. Turner was appointed to lead the CIA by Jimmy Carter in 1977 and undertook a series of controversial reforms, including downsizing the Agency\u27s clandestine arm and emphasizing technical intelligence collection over human intelligence. He also oversaw the CIA\u27s responses to the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet-Afghan War. After leaving the CIA in 1981, Turner entered the private sector, authored several books, and criticized subsequent administrations, including the Bush administration\u27s handling of the Iraq War. He was a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park\u27s School of Public Policy. Wikipediahttps://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsudigital_forums/1140/thumbnail.jp