1845, Aug. 30Born, Newburyport, Mass.1867Graduated, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.18671871Instructor in history, Robert College, Constantinople, Turkey1871A.M., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.18711872Student, Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass.1873Married Lilian Hovey Waters18731890History teacher, Robert College, Constantinople, Turkey1890Returned to the United States18921895Taught French and history, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., and Smith College, Northampton, Mass.1895Published Constantinople (Boston: Roberts Brothers. 2 vols.)18951898Professor of European history, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.18981914Professor and chair of modern government, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.19071919President, United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa1914Retired from active teachingNamed professor emeritus, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.1936, Sept. 15Died, Amherst, Mass.
Elsie May Bell Grosvenor
1878, May 18Born, London, England1898Toured Japan1900Married Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor1913Marched in first major suffragette rally held in Washington, D.C.19161917Leader in Red Cross drives, Washington, D.C.Early 1920sChairman, Joint Committee on Child Welfare Legislation, Washington, D.C.Vice president, Board of Children's Guardians, Washington, D.C.1928Toured Japan1937Passenger in first commercial air flight between the United States and China1948Toured Peru1952Toured Africa1954Toured Alaska1957Awarded honorary doctor of laws degree, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska1964, Dec. 26Died, Bethesda, Md.
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
1875, Oct. 28Born, Constantinople, Turkey1897B.A., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.18991900Assistant editor, National Geographic Magazine18991919Director, National Geographic Society1900Married Elsie May Bell19001902Managing editor, National Geographic Magazine1901A.M., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.19031954Editor in chief, National Geographic Magazine19201954President, National Geographic Society1954Elected chairman of the board of trustees, National Geographic Society1966, Feb. 4Died, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, CanadaFrom the guide to the Grosvenor Family Papers, 1827-1981, (bulk 1872-1964), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)