John D. Runkle papers
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Harvard-M.I.T. Alliance (Proposed), 1870
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Runkle, Catharine Robbins, 1839-1897
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Catharine Robbins Runkle (neé Bird), was born September 19, 1839. She married John Daniel Runkle in 1862. Together they had six children: Catharine Bird, William Bird, John Cornelius, Emma Rogers, Eleanor Winslow, and Gordon Taylor. Catharine Robbins Runkle died February 24, 1897....
Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926
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Eliot served as president of Harvard University (1869-1909). From the description of Correspondence of Charles W. Eliot, 1870-1920. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339031 Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was President of Harvard University from March 12, 1869 to May 19, 1909. He also taught mathematics and chemistry at Harvard University (1858-1863) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1865-1869). Eliot was one of the most influential educa...
Runkle, John Daniel, 1822-1902
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John Daniel Runkle, 1822-1902, SB, MA, 1851, Harvard College, was the second president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1870 to 1878, having served as acting president from 1868 to 1870. He was professor of mathematics from 1865 to 1902. Earlier in 1860 he was a member of the committee that prepared the " Objects and Plan of an Institute of Technology," which led to the establishment of MIT in 1861, and he worked closely with the founder and first president of...