Burton Crosby Hallowell
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Orleans, Massachusetts
Orleans, Massachusetts
Burton Crosby Hallowell | |
|---|---|
| 9th President of Tufts University | |
| In office 1967–1976 | |
| Preceded by | Leonard Chapin Mead |
| Succeeded by | Jean Mayer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 2, 1915 Orleans, Massachusetts |
| Died | November 21, 2006 (aged 91) Orleans, Massachusetts |
Burton Crosby Hallowell (May 2, 1915 – November 21, 2006) was the ninth president of Tufts University.
Born in Orleans, Massachusetts, he received bachelor's and master's degrees from Wesleyan University, and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1949. After working as an instructor of economics at Wesleyan from 1941 to 1942, Hallowell worked for the Office of Strategic Services in 1942 and the United States Army from 1942 to 1946. He then returned to Wesleyan, where he served as a professor of economics from 1946 until 1967, helping establish "the best small department of economics in the country" (as appraised, at the time, by an external evaluation).[1] He also served as Wesleyan's Vice President for Planning and Development from 1962 to 1965 and as Executive Vice President from 1965 to 1967.
