Samuel Somerville Stratton
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Samuel Somerville Stratton | |
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| Born | February 23, 1898 Lynn, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 1969 (aged 71) |
| Education | Dartmouth College |
| Alma mater | Harvard |
| Occupations | professor of economics and researcher in Harvard and the University of Pittsburgh |
Samuel Somerville Stratton (February 23, 1898 – March 1969[1]) served as the eleventh president of Middlebury College, 1943 - 1963.
Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, he was a graduate of Newburyport High School in Newburyport, Massachusetts and Dartmouth College,[citation needed] graduating in 1920 after naval service in World War I. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard and served as a professor of economics and researcher there and briefly at the University of Pittsburgh.
Stratton saw Middlebury through most of World War II, when the institution hosted Naval V-12 units, and initiated an extensive program of construction while enlarging the student body and enriching the institution's liberal arts curriculum.
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[edit]- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
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