William Pratt Graham
American university president (1871–1962)
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William Pratt Graham (November 24, 1871 – January 10, 1962) was an electrical engineering professor and the sixth chancellor of Syracuse University. Graham was the first alumnus of Syracuse as well as the first non-clergyman to hold that position.[3][4][5]
William Pratt Graham | |
|---|---|
| 6th Chancellor of Syracuse University | |
| In office May 1937 – September 1942 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Wesley Flint |
| Succeeded by | William P. Tolley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 24, 1871 |
| Died | January 10, 1962 (aged 90) |
| Spouse |
Cora M. Dodson
(m. 1899; died 1958) |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
Biography
Graham was born to Jerome Bonaparte Graham, a veteran of the Civil War, and Sylvia Aurelia Graham in Oswego, New York.[1] Graham entered Syracuse University as an undergraduate in 1889 and graduated in 1893 before pursuing postgraduate work at the University of Berlin,[6] graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy in 1897.[1] He joined the faculty of Syracuse as an electrical engineering professor in 1898, after spending the intervening period studying the subject at Technische Universität Darmstadt,[1] and he was made dean of the College of Applied Science in 1912.[7][3][1] Graham served as the vice-chancellor to Charles Wesley Flint before succeeding him as chancellor in 1937, a position Graham intended to hold only until a successor was found.[3][8][4] Graham retired from the university in 1942 when William Pearson Tolley was elected chancellor.[9] He died in Syracuse, New York in 1962.[6][5]
Bibliography
- "The Classics from the Standpoint of an Engineer". The Classical Weekly. 11 (13). Johns Hopkins University Press: 104. January 21, 1918. JSTOR 4387585.