Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956

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Frank Aydelotte, seventh President of Swarthmore College, was born on October 18, 1880 in Sullivan, Indiana; he was the first president of the College who was not a Quaker. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Indiana in 1900, and three years later received an M.A. from Harvard. He became a Rhodes Scholar and studied at Oxford University from 1905-1907. He then taught at University of Indiana from 1908-1915. Afterward he taught English Literature at M.I.T. where he worked until he became President of Swarthmore College in 1921. He remained active in the Rhodes Scholars Program while at Swarthmore; he was Secretary to the Rhodes Trustees and was responsible for the administration of Rhodes Scholarships in the United States until 1953. One of his goals was to implement the accelerated education he received at Oxford into an Honors Program, initiated during the second year of his presidency. The success of the Honors Program was largely due to his raising the intellectual level of the college as a whole by creating competition among applicants. He greatly increased the school's endowment and began to downplay some of the more social aspects of college life. Aydelotte resigned from the presidency in 1940 and assumed a variety of other jobs, including becoming Director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Frank Aydelotte died on December 17, 1956.

From the description of Papers, 1905-1956. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 43627741
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creatorOf Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956. Papers, 1905-1956. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
creatorOf Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Letter to Frank Aydelotte. Princeton, NJ. 1940 May 20. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Sabin, Florence Rena, 1871-1953. Papers, 1907-1940. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society. Weekly Broadcasts, 1941-1943. American Institute of Physics
creatorOf Powell, J.H. (John Harvey), 1914-. Papers of John H. Powell, 1935-1974. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Mayo, Katherine, 1868?-1940. Katherine Mayo papers, 1835-1968 (inclusive), 1918-1940 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn George Grey Barnard papers, 1889-1967. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Blanshard, Brand, 1892-1987. Brand Blanshard papers, 1873-1989 (inclusive), 1913-1989 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn World Citizens Association. Records, 1939-1953. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956. Letters, 1937-1940, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Allen, Carleton Kemp, Sir, 1887-1966,. Letters to the editors of the Virginia Quarterly Review 1925-1934. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf World Peace Foundation. Records, 1902-1960. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Comstock, Ada Louise. Papers, 1818-1982 (inclusive), 1887-1982 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Aydelotte, William Osgood. Letter to Frank Aydelotte. [France?]. [1918 Mar. 30?]. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Aydelotte, Frank. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1941. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Jennings, H. S. (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947. Papers, ca. 1893-1947. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Hires, Harrison Streeter, 1887-1962,. Letters. : Additions. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Wallace Notestein papers, 1899-1969 (inclusive) Yale University Library
creatorOf Manny, Frank Addison, 1868-1954. Frank Addison Manny papers, 1890-1955. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Van Tyne, Claude Halstead, 1869-1930. Claude Halstead Van Tyne papers, 1885-1930. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Manny, Frank Addison, 1868-1954. Frank Addison Manny papers, 1890-1955. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn John Von Neumann Papers, 1912-1996, (bulk 1935-1957) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars. Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records. 1927-1949. New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, 1910-1994 (bulk 1922-1991) Oregon State University SpecialCollections & Archives Research Center, The ValleyLibrary
referencedIn World Citizens Association. Central Committee. Records, 1939-1953 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
creatorOf Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs. 1860 - 1952. General Correspondence National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Myron Bement Smith collection, circa 1910-1970 National Museum of Asian Art Archives
referencedIn Benjamin Dean Meritt papers, ca. 1935-1989 American Council of Learned Societies American Philosophical Society American Numismatic Society Athens College Aydelotte, Frank Bonner, Campbell Cherniss, Harold Clement, Paul A. Dinsmoor, William Bell Dow, Sterling Edson, Charles Ferguson, William Scott Friedlander, Paul Greek War Relief Haggard, Patience Hondius, J.J.E. Institute for Advanced Study Moe, Henry A. Princeton University Raubitschek, A.E. Richter, Gisela M.A. Robinson, Charles A. Schweigert, Eugene Gift of Lucy Shoe Meritt, 1993. (Ms. Coll. 82), 1935-1989 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn H. S. (Herbert Spencer) Jennings papers, ca. 1893-1947, Circa 1893-1947 American Philosophical Society
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referencedIn Katherine Mayo papers, 1835-1968, 1918-1940 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Papers of Paul J. Sachs, 1903-2005 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
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referencedIn Roscoe Pound Papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
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referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Kennedy, Sinclair, 1875-1947. Papers, 1905-1946 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Mabel Vernon Papers, 1933-1947 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Manny, Frank Addison, 1868-1954. Papers, 1890-1955 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Claude Halstead Van Tyne papers Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Guy Stanton Ford papers, 1885-1965 University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc]
referencedIn Henry Allen Moe Papers, 1920-1975 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Wallace Notestein papers, 1899-1969 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Brand Blanshard papers, 1873-1989, 1913-1989 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
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