William Hagan DuBarry
Acting President on three separate occasions (1950-51, 1952, and 1953)
Born 1894 in Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Died 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.S. in Econ., University of Pennsylvania, 1929 (as of 1916)
- Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, World War I, 1917-1919
- Salesman, Graham & Co., 1916-1917
- Assistant to the Provost, University of Pennsylvania, 1923-1931
- Director of Scholarships and Student Finance, 1931-1938
- Vice President and Assistant to the President, 1938-1944
- Executive Vice President, 1944-1954
- Vice President for the Corporation, 1954-1958
Directorships of University boards:
- Member of the Board of Managers, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 1939-195? (President, 1944-1950)
- Member of the Board of Managers, Graduate Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, 1940-1947
- Trustee, Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1947-1950
- Trustee, Pennsylvania School of Social Work, 1947
- Member of the Board of Managers, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1947
- Trustee, Thomas W. Evans Institute and Museum Society, (President in 1947-1950)
Directorships of non-University boards:
- President, Foulke and Long Institute, 1931-1938
- Member, Rittenhouse Club, 1923-1958 (President, 1949-1954)
- Member of the Vestry, Protestant Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, 1947
- Secretary, Standing Committee of the Protestant Episcopal
- Diocese of Pennsylvania, 1931-1947
- Director, American Academy of Music, 1946-
- Director, Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1946-1958
- Director, Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1945-1951 (Chairman, 1948-1950)
- Trustee, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, 1949-53 and President of the Board of Trustees, 1953-
- Director, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company
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