Erwin N. Griswold Papers, 1917-1998

Oberlin College

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Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 18...

Danenberg, Emil, 1917-1982

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Emil Danenberg was born in Hong Kong in 1917. After his family emigrated to Los Angeles in 1926, Danenberg continued his piano studies with Abby De Avirett and Edward Steuermann while also studying theory with Arnold Schoenberg. Danenberg received B.A. and A.M. degrees from UCLA and honorary degrees from Marietta College and Franklin College. He made his New York debut in 1950 followed by a Town Hall recital in 1953 in which he played a diverse program ranging from Bach to Kirchner. ...

Stevenson, William E., 1900-1985.

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Wilkins, Ernest Hatch, 1880-1966

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Ernest Hatch Wilkins was born in Newton Centre, Massachusetts on September 14, 1880. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Amherst College in 1900 and began his teaching career there, receiving the M.A. from Amherst in 1903. He taught at Harvard University from 1906 to 1912 while working towards the Ph. D. in Romance Languages, which he received in 1910. In 1912, he was appointed Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Chicago and in 1923 became Dean of the university's College ...

Griswold, Erwin N. (Erwin Nathaniel), 1904-1994

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Erwin N. Griswold was born in Cleveland in 1904. He graduated in 1925 from Oberlin College with the A.B. in mathematics and the A.M. in political science. He received the LL. B. degree from Harvard University Law School in 1928 and the S.J.D. degree in 1929. From 1929 to 1934, he served in the Office of Solicitor General, returning to Cambridge in 1934. He taught on the Law Faculty of Harvard Law School from 1934 to 1967 and was Dean from 1946 to 1967. From 1967 to 1973, he was U.S. Solicitor Ge...

Griswold, Erwin N. (Erwin Nathaniel), 1904-1994

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Erwin N. Griswold was born in Cleveland in 1904. He graduated in 1925 from Oberlin College with the A.B. in mathematics and the A.M. in political science. He received the LL. B. degree from Harvard University Law School in 1928 and the S.J.D. degree in 1929. From 1929 to 1934, he served in the Office of Solicitor General, returning to Cambridge in 1934. He taught on the Law Faculty of Harvard Law School from 1934 to 1967 and was Dean from 1946 to 1967. From 1967 to 1973, he was U.S. Solicitor Ge...

Oberlin College. Board of Trustees

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The Oberlin College Board of Trustees first met on March 10, 1834. Membership included twelve trustees and increased in 1874 to 18, in 1878 to 24, and in 1970 to 28. The President of the College has always been a member ex officio of the Board. The Prudential Committee was formed in 1834. Its purpose was the management of day-to-day affairs of the institution not specifically entrusted to the Trustees. Prudential Committee business came to be transacted by numerous subcommittees. Eventually, the...

Fuller, Robert W. (Robert Works), 1936-

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Robert Works Fuller, tenth President of Oberlin College, was born in Summit, New Jersey in 1936. After only three years (1952-55) as an undergraduate at Oberlin College, Fuller became a graduate student in physics at Princeton University. He earned the M.A. in physics in 1959 and the Ph. D. in 1961 from Princeton, with terms of study at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris and the University of Chicago. He received the honorary A.B. from Oberlin College in 1971. From 1961 to 1966, he taught phy...

Carr, Robert Kenneth, 1908-1979

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Widely respected academician and ninth President of Oberlin College. Born in Cleveland (1908), Carr received his education at Dartmouth (A.B. 1929) and Harvard (A.M. 1930, Ph. D. 1935). He taught in the department of political science at the University of Oklahoma (1931-37) and at Dartmouth (1937-56), contributing to the work of the Truman Commission on Civil Rights. He was elected President of Oberlin College in 1960. As President, Carr is known for reorganizing the adm...