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'''Millard E. Gladfelter''' (? 1899 - 12 February 1995 <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/15/obituaries/millard-e-gladfelter-95-head-of-temple-u-in-a-crucial-period.html NY Times Obituary]</ref>) was [[Temple University|Temple University's]] fourth president.<ref>[http://www.temple.edu/temple_times/march07/TemplePresidents.html Temple University's Presidents<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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'''Millard E. Gladfelter''' (January 16, 1900 – February 12, 1995<ref>{{cite web |title=Millard E. Gladfelter, 95, Head Of Temple U. in a Crucial Period (Published 1995) |website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225613/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/15/obituaries/millard-e-gladfelter-95-head-of-temple-u-in-a-crucial-period.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/15/obituaries/millard-e-gladfelter-95-head-of-temple-u-in-a-crucial-period.html}}</ref>) was [[Temple University|Temple University's]] fourth president.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.temple.edu/temple_times/march07/TemplePresidents.html |title=Temple University's Presidents<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608112134/https://www.temple.edu/temple_times/march07/TemplePresidents.html |archive-date=2010-06-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gladfelter was Temple's first president who had the background and training of an educator.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ebT3FL1jomsC&dq=Millard+Gladfelter&pg=PA84 book on history of Temple University]</ref> |
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Gladfelter began as an educator as a fairly young man. He received his undergraduate education from [[Gettysburg College]]. He then was a high school history teacher and later principal in West York High School in Pennsylvania. His start on the faculty of Temple University was in 1930, when he was 30 years old. He started out as the director of the high school operated by Temple. He then became registrar. Later in 1941 he was made vice president. His title was expanded to provost in 1946.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ebT3FL1jomsC&dq=Millard+Gladfelter&pg=PA84 James Hilty. ''Temple University: 125 years of service to Philadelphia'']</ref> |
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Gladfelter had a master's degree in education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He later got his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He served as provost of Temple University before becoming president of that institution. |
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Latest revision as of 02:58, 4 December 2024
Millard E. Gladfelter (January 16, 1900 – February 12, 1995[1]) was Temple University's fourth president.[2] Gladfelter was Temple's first president who had the background and training of an educator.[3]
Gladfelter began as an educator as a fairly young man. He received his undergraduate education from Gettysburg College. He then was a high school history teacher and later principal in West York High School in Pennsylvania. His start on the faculty of Temple University was in 1930, when he was 30 years old. He started out as the director of the high school operated by Temple. He then became registrar. Later in 1941 he was made vice president. His title was expanded to provost in 1946.[4]
Gladfelter had a master's degree in education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He later got his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He served as provost of Temple University before becoming president of that institution.
References
[edit]- ^ "Millard E. Gladfelter, 95, Head Of Temple U. in a Crucial Period (Published 1995)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
- ^ "Temple University's Presidents". Archived from the original on 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
- ^ book on history of Temple University
- ^ James Hilty. Temple University: 125 years of service to Philadelphia
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