King, Stanley, 1883-1951

King (AC 1903) was born in 1883 to Judge Henry Amasa (AC 1873) and Maria Lyon (Flynt) King in Troy, New York. He attended Springfield (Mass.) High School and entered Amherst College in 1900 with the Class of 1903. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1906. He held a variety of executive positions with the W. H. McElwain Company, shoe manufacturers in Boston, from 1906 to 1922. In 1921 he became a trustee of Amherst College. From 1922 to 1927 he was Eastern Manager and Director of the International Shoe Company, Boston. In 1927 he retired from business. In 1932 King was appointed the 11th President of Amherst College. As President of Amherst, King was instrumental in developing the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., constructing many new buildings on campus and the development of the "New Curriculum." He retired as President in 1946 and died in 1951.

From the description of King papers, 1880-1967 (1895-1967). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 49710480

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