Acting President on three separate occasions (1950-51, 1952, and 1953)

Born 1894 in Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Died 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
 

Penn Presidents

Biographical sketches of Penn Presidents (including Interim Presidents) and historically significant aspects of University history during each administration.