John Henry Summerskill (March 26, 1925 – June 14, 1990) was a Canadian educator who served as the seventh president of San Francisco State University in the 1960s.
[3] He was born and raised in Canada, where he attended public schools before graduating from McGill University in Montreal excelling in football as well as academics.
His tenure in San Francisco was marked by student protests and clashes with Governor Ronald Reagan.
The 1989 harvest and the people who helped pick the grapes was featured in an article in the Wine Spectator.
He was a prolific writer, and his articles on a number of different subjects appeared in numerous publications.