Ralph Gordon Hoxie (March 18, 1919 – October 23, 2002) was an American educator and college administrator who served as chancellor of Long Island University in the 1960s and founded the Library of Presidential Papers (later known as the Center for the Study of the Presidency), after he resigned from LIU.
During World War II, Hoxie served as a captain in the United States Army Air Forces and attained the rank of brigadier general as a reserve officer.
By 1967, a conflict had arisen between Hoxie and William Birenbaum the vice president and provost of LIU's Brooklyn Center.
Hoxie, described by The New York Times as an "educational traditionalist", had sought to raise tuition as a means of dealing with the college's mounting debt burden, while Birenbaum supported keeping lower tuition and approved changes that eliminated a dress code and allowed students to have a beard.
[2] In March 1967, Hoxie demanded Birenbaum's resignation, despite the fact that the faculty had voted by a nearly 4–1 margin to keep him as provost.