Office of the President records, 1913-1954.

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Office of the President records, 1913-1954.

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The collection consists of subject files created by the Office of the President under the tenures of presidents Godfrey, Matheson, Kolbe, Rea, Disque, and Creese. Subject files cover individuals affiliated with the university, faculty, university committees, historical events, and subjects of interest. They are assumed to have been compiled and arranged at least in part by Harriet Worrell, who worked in the Office of the President during this period; many records contain her annotations.

9 cubic ft.

Drexel University Libraries, W. W. Hagerty Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7808750

Drexel University Libraries, W. W. Hagerty Library

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Creese, James, 1896-

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James Creese served as president of Drexel University from 1945 to 1963. Born in Leedsdale, Pa., in 1896, he earned degrees from Princeton University and served in army during the First World War before becoming general secretary of the American-Scandinavian Foundation. In 1928 he became president and treasurer of the Stevens Institute of Technology. As Drexel's president, Dr. Creese presided over unprecedented growth in the department of engineering. He was also known as an outspoken opponent o...

Rea, George P.

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Matheson, Kenneth G.

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Kenneth Matheson was president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry from 1922 to 1931. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, in 1864 and educated at the South Carolina Military Academy (better known as the Citadel), Leland Stanford University, the University of Chicago, and Columbia University. He served as a commandant of cadets and a professor of English at several military schools before becoming president of the Georgia School of Technology in 1906. As Drexel's president, D...

Drexel Institute of Technology. Office of the President.

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Six presidents of Drexel University are represented in the collection: Hollis Godfrey (1874-1936, president 1914-1921), Kenneth Matheson (1864-1931, president 1921-1931), Parke R. Kolbe (1881-1942, president 1932-1942), George P. Rea (1894-1978, president 1942-1944), R. C. Disque (1883-1968, interim president 1944-1945), and James Creese (1896-1966, president 1945-1963). From the description of Office of the President records, 1913-1954. (Drexel University Libraries). WorldCat record...

Drexel University

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Disque, Robert O.

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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...

Kolbe, Parke Rexford, 1881-1942

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Parke Rexford Kolbe, the Drexel Institute's fourth president, served from 1932 to 1942. He was educated as a linguist and was a scholar of higher education. Before coming to Drexel, Dr. Kolbe was president of the University of Akron from 1913 to 1925 and of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn from 1925 to 1932. As Drexel's president, Dr. Kolbe presided over the changing of the school's name from the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry to the Drexel Institute of Technology, the decen...

Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. Office of the President.

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