Zenas R. Bliss papers Bliss (Zenas R.) papers 1952-1966

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Zenas R. Bliss papers Bliss (Zenas R.) papers 1952-1966

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The Zenas R. Bliss papers contain office files and speeches compiled from 1952 to 1965, when Bliss was a Professor of Engineering, Dean of the College and Provost of Brown University.

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Bliss, Zenas R. (Zenas Randall), 1898-1993

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Born in Rhode Island, Zenas Randall Bliss (1933-1900) left his home state in 1850 for his appointment to West Point Military Academy. Bliss' military career began with his assignment to duty as a brevet second lieutenant in the First Infantry at the completion of his training in 1854. Sent to Texas, Bliss served at Fort Duncan until 1855, when he was promoted to second lieutenant and transferred to an Eighth Infantry position at Fort Davis. Bliss was promoted again to lieutenant in 1860 and then...

Brown University. Office of the Provost.

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Samuel Tomlinson Arnold (1892-1956), first provost of Brown University, was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on August 23, 1892, the son of a minister. He graduated from Brown in 1913 with final honors in chemistry, having been a James Manning and a Francis Wayland scholar, a Carpenter Prize speaker, and elected to both Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. He found time also to take the train to Central Falls to teach evening classes. He stayed on at Brown, earning an A.M. degree in 1914 ...