George Edgar Vincent 1864-1941; Addresses delivered at the Memorial Services held on May the nineteenth, 1941, at the New York Academy of Medicine, to which are appended Memorial Tributes to Dr. Vincent

Stamford, Connecticut: The Overbrook Press, 1941. Limited Edition, one of only 350 copies printed. Hardcover. [8], 54, [6] pages. Frontispiece. Minor wear and soiling noted. Contents include The Chautauqua Period, An Address by Arthur E. Bestor President of the Chautauqua Institution; The Chicago Period, an Address by James R. Angell President Emeritus of Yale University; The Minnesota Period, An address by Guy Stanton Ford, President of the University of Minnesota; The Rockefeller Foundation Period, an Address by John D. Rockefeller, Jr; A Tribute by Wallace Notestein, Sterling Professor of English History, Yale University and My Dean by Harry Hansen, Book Reviewer of the New York World-Telegram. The Rockefeller Foundation is the second-oldest major philanthropic institution in America, after the Carnegie Corporation, the foundation's impact on philanthropy in general has been profound. It has supported United Nations programs throughout its history, such as the recent First Global Forum On Human Development, organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1999. The early institutions it set up have served as models for current organizations: the UN's World Health Organization, set up in 1948, is modeled on the International Health Division; the U.S. Government's National Science Foundation (1950) on its approach in support of research, scholarships and institutional development; and the National Institute of Health (1950) imitated its longstanding medical programs. George Edgar Vincent (March 21, 1864 – February 2, 1941) was an American sociologist and university president. He studied at Yale, graduating in 1885. He then engaged in journalistic and literary work. In 1888 he became associated with the Chautauqua system as vice principal, and after 1907 was president of the Chautauqua Institution (of the Chautauqua movement). From 1892 to 1894 he was a fellow at the University of Chicago, in the first Department of Sociology in the United States. He was one of the founding members of the American Sociological Society in 1895. He dedicated much of his time serving as associate editor of the American Journal of Sociology from 1895 to 1915 and advisory editor from 1915 to 1933. Vincent was the sixth President of the American Sociological Society in 1916 and a pioneer of rural sociology. He was appointed to the Chicago faculty in 1894 and became a professor of sociology in 1904. From 1900 to 1907 he was dean of the junior colleges, and from 1907 to 1911 he was dean of the faculties of arts, literature, and science. In 1911 he became the third president of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota. Drawing on his experience with the Chautauqua Institute, he helped found the General Extension Division (the predecessor of the College of Continuing Education) to provide working adults with access to the University's courses. While at the U of MN, Vincent put in place innovative programming including 'University Weeks' with plays, lectures, concerts and debates similar to the Chautauqua Institute, in the spirit of increasing educational and cultural opportunities for the general public. In 1917 he took the position of president of the Rockefeller Foundation. Condition: Very good.

Keywords: George Edgar Vincent, Arthur Bestor, James Angell, John D. Rockefeller, Guy Stanton Ford, Wallace Notestein, Harry Hansen, University of Minnesota, Rockefeller Foundation

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