. History of the University of Michigan . tudy at Harvard University, where he received the degreeof Doctor of Philosophy in 1889. He served oneyear as instructor in Mathematics at Harvard, andwas then called to a similar position at the Univer-sity of Michigan. The years from 1895 to 1897were spent in travel and study abroad. In 1896 hebecame Assistant Professor of Mathematics, andin 1904 he was advanced to the rank of Junior Pro-fessor. He was one of the organizers of the Har-vard Graduate Club and its president in 1890. Heis a member of the American Mathematical July 6, 1893, he
. History of the University of Michigan . tudy at Harvard University, where he received the degreeof Doctor of Philosophy in 1889. He served oneyear as instructor in Mathematics at Harvard, andwas then called to a similar position at the Univer-sity of Michigan. The years from 1895 to 1897were spent in travel and study abroad. In 1896 hebecame Assistant Professor of Mathematics, andin 1904 he was advanced to the rank of Junior Pro-fessor. He was one of the organizers of the Har-vard Graduate Club and its president in 1890. Heis a member of the American Mathematical July 6, 1893, he was married to Mary ElizabethBuder ( 1892), of Brooklyn, New York. LEWIS BURTON ALGER was born atElyria, Ohio, June 22, 1873, son of Francis G. andHelen (Hawkins) Alger. His ancestors were amongthe first settlers on the Western Reserve, where bothhis parents were born and reared. His educationwas begun in the rural schools of Ohio, and con-tinued in the elementary schools and the HighSchool of St. Joseph, Michigan, to which place his. LEWIS BURTON ALGER parents had removed. He entered Albion Collegein 1893, and remained there three years. He thenspent a year at the University of Michigan, where hewas graduated Bachelor of Philosophy in 1897. He THE UNIFERSITl^ SENATE 335 was superintendent of schools at Gaylord, Michigan,in 1897-1S98, and at Nashville, Michigan, from1S98 to 1900. He then toolc up studies at Colum-bia University and was graduated Master of Artsin 1901. He was principal of the State NormalSchool at Cheney, Washington, in 1902-1903. Inthe latter year he accepted a call to the Universityof Michigan as Junior Professor of Pedagogy andAssistant Inspector of Schools. This position heresigned in 1905 to engage in business. He wasmarried August 23, 1898, to Blanche Selway, andthey have two children, Florence and Virginia. CHARLES HORTON COOLEY was bornat Ann Arbor, Michigan, .August 17, 1S64, son ofThomas Mclntyrc and Mary (Horton) Cooley. Hisdescent is traced direc
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