Thomas H. Carroll Explained

Thomas H. Carroll II
Office:President of the George Washington University
Order:13th
Term Start:1961
Term End:1964
Predecessor:Cloyd H. Marvin
Successor:Lloyd Hartman Elliott
Birth Date:12 May 1914
Birth Place:San Francisco, California
Death Date:27 July 1964
Spouse:Evelyn Elliott

Thomas Henry Carroll II (12 May 1914 – 27 July 1964)[1] was the President of the George Washington University from 1961 to 1964.

Career

Carroll gained degrees from the University of California at Berkeley (Economics and business, 1934) and Harvard Business School, then became an assistant dean at Harvard from 1939 to 1942. He served in the US Naval Reserve as a lieutenant junior grade during World War II from August 1942 to December 1945.[1] He became Dean of the College of Business Administration at Syracuse University in 1945,[2] and then Dean of the School of Commerce at the University of North Carolina in 1950.[3] [4] He was president of the Harvard Business School Association for 1955-56. He became an Associate Director of the Ford Foundation in November 1953,[5] and became vice-president of the foundation before becoming president of George Washington University in 1961.[6] He was succeeded as president of the university by Lloyd H. Elliott in 1964 following his death.

Personal life

Carroll was born in San Francisco, California.[1] He married Polly Holcolin Burgess in December 1941[7] and had two sons, Thomas III and Bruce. He died from a heart attack in 1964 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[8] His widow Polly died in 1993.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Current biography yearbook. 23. 1963. H.W. Wilson Company. 78.
  2. News: Carroll Named Dean at Syracuse. 17 November 1945. The New York Times.
  3. News: From Syracuse U . . Carolina's New Dean . 5 December 2020 . The Daily Tar Heel . 25 February 1950 . Chapel Hill, North Carolina . 2 . .
  4. News: Carroll New Dean . 5 December 2020 . The Robesonian . 6 February 1950 . Lumberton, North Carolina . 1 . .
  5. News: Ford Fund name a Sixth Director; Dr. T. H. Carroll, Business Dean of North Carolina U., to Join Foundation Panel at Once. 12 November 1953. The New York Times.
  6. News: University Names New President. 7 August 1960. The New York Times.
  7. News: Dec 13. chosen as date for Polly Burgess wedding. 7 November 1941. Berkeley Daily Gazette. 21 August 2011.
  8. News: Thomas Carroll, Educator. 28 July 1964. The New York Times.
  9. News: Obituaries. 19 September 1994. The Washington Post.