Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs. 1860 - 1952. General Correspondence

McCracken, John (John H.)

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Lewis, William Mather, 1878-1945

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Student at the University of Michigan. From the description of William Adams Lewis student notebooks, 1894 and 1896. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419410 College President. From the description of [Articles, book reviews, etc.]. 1942- (Lafayette College). WorldCat record id: 34165832 From the description of [Articles, book reviews, etc.]. 1937-1941. (Lafayette College). WorldCat record id: 34166464 ...

Angell, James Rowland, 1869-1949

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Professor at the University of Chicago, later President of Yale University. From the description of James Rowland Angell letters, 1880-1945. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418550 Born May 8, 1869, Burlington, Vermont; psychologist, educator; B.A., University of Michigan, 1890, M.A. 1891; M.A., Harvard, 1892; taught at the University of Chicago and was acting president, 1918-1919; president of the Carnegie Corporation, 1920-1921; president of Yale University,...

Randall, John A. (John Arthur), 1881-

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Judson, Harry Pratt, 1849-1927

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Harry Pratt Judson was Professor, Department of Political Science, and head dean, the Colleges, University of Chicago,1892 to1894; professor and head, Department of Political Science, and dean of the Faculties of Arts, Literature, and Science, 1894 to1907; acting president of the University of Chicago, 1906-1907; and president, 1907-1923. From the guide to the Judson, Harry Pratt. Papers, 1889-1901, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Str...

Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954

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Republican politician, namesake of the Hays Code for censorship of American films. Born in Sullivan, Indiana in 1879. Hays served as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1918-1921, managing the successful campaign of Warren G. Harding for the presidency in 1920. Following Harding's election, Hays was appointed Postmaster General in 1921, a post he held until 1922, when he resigned in order to become the first President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America...

Spencer, Anna Garlin, 1851-1931

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Anna Carpenter Garlin, b. 1851 in Attleboro, Mass.; minister, feminist, educator, pacifist, and writer on ethics and social problems; m. William H. Spencer, a Unitarian minister, in 1878; held a series of teaching posts as such institutions as the University of Wisconsin, the University of Chicago, and Teacher's College, Columbia University, teaching about issues of religion, aspects of marriage and the family, the role of women, sexuality, and philanthropy; d. in New York, 1931. Fro...

Hetzel, Ralph Dorn, 1882-1947

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Ralph Dorn Hetzel graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1906. He taught English and public speaking at Oregon State College and became a full professor there in 1910. In 1912 he was asked to organize a political science department and in 1913 was made the director of the extension services at Oregon. Hetzel left Oregon to become President of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1917. The College became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. From...

Mann, Charles Riborg, 1869-1942

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Physicist. From the description of Papers, ca. 1908-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78696870 Charles Riborg Mann (1869-1942), native of New Jersey, was a physicist and engineer, and a civilian adviser in the United States War Department during World War I as a member of the Committee on Education and Special Training. From the guide to the Charles Riborg Mann Papers, ., circa 1908-1923, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historic...

Elliott, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1874-1960

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Edward Charles Elliott (1874-1960), educator and sixth president of Purdue University. From the description of Edward C. Elliott papers, 1890-1975, bulk 1940-1960. (Purdue University Library). WorldCat record id: 64588132 ...

Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956

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Frank Aydelotte, seventh President of Swarthmore College, was born on October 18, 1880 in Sullivan, Indiana; he was the first president of the College who was not a Quaker. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Indiana in 1900, and three years later received an M.A. from Harvard. He became a Rhodes Scholar and studied at Oxford University from 1905-1907. He then taught at University of Indiana from 1908-1915. Afterward he taught English Literature at M.I.T. where he worked until he ...

Rhees, Rush

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Godfrey, Hollis

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Hollis Godfrey served as president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry from 1913 to 1921. He was educated as an engineer at Tufts, Harvard, and MIT, and he later taught at MIT and served as an administrator at the School of Practical Arts in Boston. He was interested in scientific management, management in education, and the role of engineering education in national defense. Dr. Godfrey left Drexel in 1921 to establish and direct the Council for Management Education. He later b...

Scott, Walter Dill, 1869-1955

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Professor of Psychology and President of Northwestern University (1920-1939). Scott's academic training and research interests were advertising and psychological testing. During World War I, he was involved in a project coordinated by the United States Army to test officers and enlisted men for aptitutes and character traits. As NU's president, Scott oversaw the construction of its Chicago Campus to house the Law, Medical, and Business Schools, as well as numerous building projects on the Evanst...