George Edgar Vincent

George Edgar Vincent
Third President of the
University of Minnesota
In office
1911–1917
Preceded by Cyrus Northrop
Succeeded by Marion LeRoy Burton
Personal details
Born (1864-03-21)March 21, 1864
Rockford, Illinois
United States
Died February 1, 1941(1941-02-01) (aged 76)
New York City, New York
United States
Spouse(s) Louise (Palmer) Vincent
Children John Henry Vincent
Isabel (Vincent) Harper
Elizabath (Vincent) Foster
Parents Bishop John Heyl Vincent
Elizabeth (Dusenbury) Vincent
Alma mater Yale University
Profession Sociologist, Professor, University President
Known for Co-author of the first sociology textbook with Albion Small

George Edgar Vincent (March 21, 1864 – February 2, 1941) was an American sociologist and university president.

Biography

He was born at Rockford, Illinois, the son of Bishop John H. Vincent. He studied at Yale, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and served on the thirteenth editorial board of The Yale Record.[1] After graduating in 1885, he 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 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.[2] 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.[3][4][5]

Vincent Hall on the University of Minnesota's East Bank campus is named in his honor. Vincent Hall is home to the School of Mathematics.

In 1917 he took the position of president of the Rockefeller Foundation.

References

  1. ↑ "Record Editors". The Yale Banner. New Haven: Thomas Penney and G. D. Pettee. 1877. p. 182.
  2. ↑ "George Edgar Vincent, 1911-1917". University of Minnesota Office of the President.
  3. ↑ "Presidential History". University of Minnesota. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ ’ ‘The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties: From Self-Improvement to Adult Education in America, 1750-1990.”. Stanford University Press. 1994. p. 291. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  5. ↑ Lehmberg, Stanford; Pflaum, Ann M. (2001). ‘The University of Minnesota 1945-2000’. University of Minnesota Press. p. xvii.
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "article name needed". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

Works

  • An Introduction to the Study of Society (1894) with Albion W. Small, the first sociology textbook
  • The Social Mind and Education (1896)
  • The National Memory (1913)

Further reading

Gray, James (1958). Open Wide The Door: The History of the University of Minnesota’. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

Academic offices
Preceded by
Edward A. Ross		 President of the American Sociological Association
1915–1916		 Succeeded by
George E. Howard
Preceded by
Cyrus Northrop		 President of the University of Minnesota
1911–1917		 Succeeded by
Marion LeRoy Burton
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