George Edgar Vincent Explained

George Edgar Vincent
Order:3rd
President of the
University of Minnesota
Term Start:1911
Term End:1917
Birth Date:March 21, 1864
Birth Place:Rockford, Illinois
United States
Death Place:New York City, New York
United States
Predecessor:Cyrus Northrop
Successor:Marion LeRoy Burton
Alma Mater:Yale University
Known For:Co-author of the first sociology textbook with Albion Small
Profession:Sociologist, Professor, University President
Spouse:Louise (Palmer) Vincent

George Edgar Vincent (March 21, 1864 – February 2, 1941) was an American sociologist and university president.[1]

Biography

He was born at Rockford, Illinois, the son of Bishop John H. Vincent. He studied at Yale, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and served on the thirteenth editorial board of The Yale Record.[2] After graduating in 1885, he engaged in journalistic and literary work.

In 1888 he became associated with the Chautauqua system as vice principal, and after 1907 was president of the Chautauqua Institution (of the Chautauqua movement).

From 1892 to 1894 he was a fellow at the University of Chicago, in the first Department of Sociology in the United States. He was appointed to the Chicago faculty in 1894 and became a professor of sociology in 1904. From 1900 to 1907 he was dean of the junior colleges, and from 1907 to 1911 he was dean of the faculties of arts, literature, and science.

In 1911 he became the third president of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota. Drawing on his experience with the Chautauqua Institute, he helped found the General Extension Division (the predecessor of the College of Continuing Education) to provide working adults with access to the university's courses.[3] While at the U of MN, Vincent put in place innovative programming including 'University Weeks' with plays, lectures, concerts and debates similar to the Chautauqua Institute, in the spirit of increasing educational and cultural opportunities for the general public.[4] [5] [6]

Vincent Hall on the University of Minnesota's East Bank campus is named in his honor. Vincent Hall is home to the School of Mathematics.

In 1917 he took the position of president of the Rockefeller Foundation. During the 1st year of his presidency he chaired an executive committee consisting of himself with 4 other members: Wallace Buttrick, Simon Flexner, Starr J. Murphy, and Wickliffe Rose.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Burgess . E. W. . 1941 . Obituary: George Edgar Vincent: 1864-1941 . American Journal of Sociology . 46 . 6 . 887–887 . 0002-9602.
  2. "Record Editors". The Yale Banner. New Haven: Thomas Penney and G. D. Pettee. 1877. p. 182.
  3. Web site: George Edgar Vincent, 1911–1917. University of Minnesota Office of the President. 2015-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190419144539/https://president.umn.edu/about/presidential-history/george-edgar-vincent. 2019-04-19. dead.
  4. Web site: Presidential History. University of Minnesota. December 17, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20190419144539/https://president.umn.edu/about/presidential-history/george-edgar-vincent. April 19, 2019. dead.
  5. Book: ' 'The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties: From Self-Improvement to Adult Education in America, 1750–1990.". 1994. 291 . Stanford University Press . January 6, 2018. 978-0-8047-6528-2.
  6. Book: Lehmberg . Stanford . Stanford Lehmberg. Pflaum. Ann M. . Ann M. Pflaum. 2001. The University of Minnesota 1945–2000. registration . . xvii .
  7. Book: The Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report 1918.