Fred Engelhardt Explained

Fred Engelhardt
Order:6th
President of University of New Hampshire
Term Start:1937
Term End:1944
Predecessor:Edward M. Lewis
Successor:Harold W. Stoke
Birth Date:15 April 1885
Birth Place:Naugatuck, Connecticut
Death Place:Durham, New Hampshire
Alma Mater:Yale
Columbia University
M.A. (1915)
Ph.D. (1924)

Fred Engelhardt (April 15, 1885 - February 3, 1944) was an American college president. Engelhardt was the sixth president of the University of New Hampshire from 1937 to 1944. He graduated from Phillips Andover Academy. In 1908, Engelhardt went on to Yale and received a bachelor's degree in physics. Engelhardt then received an M.A. (1915) and a Ph.D. (1924) from Columbia University.[1]

In 1942, he oversaw the establishment of the Department of Arts at UNH.

Engelhardt died In Durham from cancer during his tenure.[2]

The University of New Hampshire built a residence hall named Engelhardt Hall in his honor. It was dedicated on June 14, 1947.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Engelhardt papers. University of New Hampshire Library.
  2. Web site: Obituary for FRED ENGELHARDT (Aged 59). Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News, February 4, 1944.
  3. Web site: Student Residences. University of New Hampshire Library.