Donald J. Cowling papers 1940-1964

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Donald J. Cowling papers 1940-1964

Collection contains the papers of Donald J. Cowling, president of Carlton College (Northfield, MN) and chairman of the Mayo Memorial committee, a legislative initiative to construct a building at the University of Minnesota for the Medical School to honor Doctors William J. and Charles H. Mayo.

3 boxes + 1m; (3.9 linear feet)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619012

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Cowling, Donald J. (Donald John), 1880-1965

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Donald John Cowling was born in Trevalga, Cornwall, England in 1880. His family immigrated to the United States when Cowling was two years old. He earned his B.A. in 1902 from Lebanon Valley College (Pennsylvania), a second B.A. in 1903, M.A. in 1904, D.B. in 1906 and Ph.D. in 1909, all from Yale University. Dr. Cowling was an assistant professor of philosophy and biblical literature at Baker University (Kansas) before accepting the position of president at Carleton College (Northfi...

University of Minnesota. Medical School

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The 1851 territorial legislative act establishing the University of Minnesota provided for a Department of Medicine. This department, as originally instituted, was not an educational department but rather a credentialing board that provided examinations and conferred degrees upon physicians who had learned to practice medicine by studying with a preceptor. In April 1887, Percy Millard, Charles Hewitt, D. Hand, and President Cyrus Northrop petitioned the Board of Regents to abolish t...

University of Minnesota. Mayo Memorial Building.

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