Records of the secretary's office, Yale University, concerning George F. Gundelfinger, ca. 1920-1969 (inclusive).

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Records of the secretary's office, Yale University, concerning George F. Gundelfinger, ca. 1920-1969 (inclusive).

The records consist of correspondence of Yale Secretary Carl Lohman, newspaper clippings, and publications by and concerning George Frederick Gundelfinger. Correspondence between Yale administrators, faculty and lawyers concerning Gundelfinger is also included.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8020935

Yale University Library

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Lohman, Carl Albert, 1887-1954.

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Gundelfinger, George Frederick, 1883-1974

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George Frederick Gundelfinger, a teacher of mathematics and a writer, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1884. He earned a B.S. from Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University in 1906 and a Ph.D. in math in 1909. He taught math at Yale from 1909 to 1913, and he also taught at the University of Pittsburgh and at Carnegie Institute of Technology. He wrote and printed the Interquadrangular, an independent Yale paper, and founded the brotherhood, "The New Fraternity." Upon retiring from teac...

Yale University.

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Yale University. Office of the Secretary

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George Frederick Gundelfinger (1884 – 1974) graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School in 1906. He received a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Yale in 1909, and served as a professor of Mathematics from 1909 – 1913. After leaving Yale, Gundelfinger taught at several other institutions before retiring to Pennsylvania. He began a campaign to improve the morality of Yale men through his publication, "The New Fraternity." He was prolific and frequently mailed his works to the student body and admin...