Brown University President's reports Brown University Presidents' Reports 1842-1963
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Caswell, Alexis, 1799-1877
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Sixth president of Brown University, 1868-1872; and professor of natural philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy at Brown, 1828-1863. From the description of Alexis Caswell papers, 1824-1877 (bulk 1860-1877). (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 86167730 ...
Brown University. Office of the President
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The President of Brown University is in charge of the immediate government of the University and reports to the Corporation. He is a member of the Board of Fellows, as prescribed by the Charter of 1764, which listed the names of the "the present Fellows and Fellowship to whom the President when hereafter elected who shall forever be of the Denomination called Baptist or Antepedo Baptist--the words in italics are an interlineation--shall be joined to compleat the Number." ...
Heffner, Ray
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Ray Lorenzo Heffner, thirteenth president of Brown University, was born in Durham, North Carolina, on May 7, 1925. His father, at that time a graduate student at Chapel Hill, was later a Spenser scholar at Johns Hopkins and the University of Washington. His mother taught high school Latin and English. Ray, Jr. went to Broadway High School in Seattle where a respected physics teacher encouraged him to be a physicist and a teacher unofficially involved in student guidance directed him...
Wayland, Francis, 1796-1865
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Clergyman and educator. From the description of Letter of Francis Wayland, 1835 December 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015490 Fourth president of Brown University (1827-1855), educator, Baptist clergyman. Wayland was a tutor at Union college from 1817 to 1821. He was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Boston, Mass., from 1821 to 1826. As president of Brown University, he made broad changes in the curriculm and introduced the analytic method...
Sears, Barnas, 1802-1880
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Barnas Sears was an American scholar and educator. He graduated from Brown and then Newton seminary, and served as pastor before becoming a professor at Hamilton College. He studied in Germany, and held several important positions in education in the states before becoming a popular and successful president of Brown University. He published many scholarly papers on religion, history, and education. From the description of Barnas Sears letter to professors and others connected with Ge...
Keeney, Barnaby C. (Barnaby Conrad), 1914-1980
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Educational administrator. From the description of Reminiscences of Barnaby Conrad Keeney : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632235 Twelfth president of Brown University, 1955-1966; chairman of the Commission on the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. From the description of Barnaby Conrad Keeney papers, 1936-1980 (bulk 1940s-1966). (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 86140631 ...
Wriston, Henry M. (Henry Merritt), 1889-1978
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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Henry Merritt Wriston : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513023 Eleventh president of Brown University, 1937-1955; president of Lawrence College, 1925-1937; faculty at Wesleyan University; member of Council on Foreign Relations and the American Assembly. From the description of Henry Merritt Wriston papers, 1914-1977 (bulk 1930s-1960s). (Brown University). ...
