Andrew dickson white biography
Andrew Dickson White (November 7, – November 4, ) was an American historian and educator who co-founded Cornell University, one of eight Ivy League.
Born in in Homer, New York, White attended Geneva (later to become Hobart) College and then graduated from Yale University.!
Symbols of the University |
The Cornell Public Library |
Cornell’s Twelve Presidents |
| Andrew Dickson White, President, 1866-1885 |
| Charles Kendall Adams, President, 1885-1892 |
| Jacob Gould Schurman, President, 1892-1920 |
| Livingston Farrand, President, 1921-1937 |
| Edmund Ezra Day, President, 1937-1949 |
| Deane Waldo Malott, President, 1951-1963 |
| James Alfred Perkins, President, 1963-1969 |
| Dale Raymond Corson, President, 1969-1977 |
| Frank Howard Trevor Rhodes, President, 1977-1995 |
| Hunter Ripley Rawlings III, President, 1995-2003 |
| Jeffrey Sean Lehman, 2003-2005 |
| David J.
Skorton, 2006 |
Inaugurating the Presidents |
Cornell’s Twelve Presidents
Andrew Dickson White, President, 1866-1885
Andrew Dickson White, through his Plan of Organization and Inaugural Address, enunciated the ideals of the new university.
White was largely responsible for recruiting faculty to come to the new institution. He traveled in Europe to purchase collections