Shannon, Edgar Finley, 1918-1997

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Dates:
Birth 1918-06-04
Death 1997-08-26
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

President Emeritus of the University of Virginia.

From the description of Remarks at the funeral of Clifton Waller Barrett, 1991 November 11 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647829572

Fourth President of the University of Virginia; graduated from Washington and Lee University; Rhodes Scholar, Merton College, Oxford, PhD; U.S. Naval Officer, WWII; Central Intelligence Agency; Domestic Activities Investigating Committee; established Foundation for Excellence in Public Education: Charlottesville/Albemarle; published The Letters of Alfred Lord Tennyson.

From the description of Oral history interview of Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. by Charles E. Moran [manuscript], July 11, 1977. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920563

Tennyson scholar; fourth President of the University of Virginia; graduated from Washington and Lee University; Rhodes Scholar, Merton College, Oxford, PhD; U.S. Naval Officer, WWII; Central Intelligence Agency Domestic Activities Investigating Committee; established Foundation for Excellence in Public Education: Charlottesville/Albemarle; published The Letters of Alfred Lord Tennyson.

From the description of Oral history interview of Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. by Lisa G. Guernsey [manuscript], April 8, 1993. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920556

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  • African American college students
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  • Virginia--Lexington (as recorded)
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  • Virginia--Lexington (as recorded)
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