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Morrow Picked Coolidge As Amherst's Big Man 28 Years Ago - Law Tells Story
A newspaper interview of Judge and politician Charles Blakeslee Law. Law describes how in the Amherst Class of 1895 when asked the class voted Dwight Whitney Morrow as the future greatest achiever of the class. However, Morrow voted for Calvin Coolidge. -
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. to Frederick Scouller Allis, November 11, 1924
A newspaper quotes a letter from John Calvin Coolidge Jr. to Frederick Scouller Allis and the Board of Trustees of Amherst College including Dwight Whitney Morrow. Coolidge wrote declining the invitation to attend the inauguration of Amherst College's new President, George…Tags Education -
Brann, Henry Athanasius (1837-1921)
Henry Athanasius Brann was a Catholic priest, rector, educator, writer, and church builder whose long career bridged Ireland, Rome, New York, and northern New Jersey during the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth. His life and ministry reflected the… -
Morgan, Constance Cutter Morrow (1913-1995)
Constance Cutter Morrow Morgan was an educator and author. She graduated from Smith College in 1935. She earned a master's in English Literature from Columbia University in 1938. She wrote a biography about her mother, Elisabeth Cutter Morrow. She became involved with the…Tags Education -
Morrow, Dwight Whitney, Jr. (1908-1976)
Dwight Whitney Morrow Jr. was an educator. He graduated from Amherst College in 1933. He received a master's and PhD from Harvard. He attended Yale Law School from 1936 to 1938. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and struggled with mental health issues. He taught at…Tags Education -
Farrand, Livingston (1867-1939)
Livingston Farrand was a physician, anthropologist, psychologist, and public health activist. He graduated from Princeton in 1888. He earned a M.D. from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1891. He also attended Cambridge and Berlin University. In 1905 he became… -
Dulles, Foster Rhea (1900-1970)
Foster Rhea Dulles was an educator, historian, and author. He was born in Englewood and graduated from Princeton University in 1921. He wrote for numerous newspapers including the New York Herald, the New York Herald Tribune, and the New York Evening Post. He taught as a… -
Davis, John Warren (1888-1980)
John Warren Davis was an educator and civil rights leader. He was president of West Virginia State University from 1919 to 1953. While in this position, Davis led the college to become fully accredited, making the institution one of the four black colleges and the first public… -
Bethune, Mary Jane Mcleod (1875-1955)
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) was one of the most influential African American educators, civic leaders, and advocates for democracy in twentieth-century United States history. Born on July 10, 1875, near Mayesville, South Carolina, to parents who had been enslaved, Bethune… -
Lamont, Corliss (1902-1995)
Corliss Lamont was an American socialist and philosopher. He received a degree from Harvard and spent 1924 at Oxford. He received a PhD from Columbia University and taught philosophy there. During the 1930s he became involved in political activism becoming a board member and…