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College and University President Politicians in Connecticut

Michael J. Adanti (1940-2005) — also known as "Red" — of Ansonia, New Haven County, Conn.; Shelton, Fairfield County, Conn. Born June 23, 1940. Democrat. Played football for the Ansonia Black Knights of the Atlantic Coast League; school teacher; mayor of Ansonia, Conn., 1973-77; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1976; president, Southern Connecticut State University, 1984-2003. Killed in an automobile accident, in Sardinia, July 31, 2005 (age 65 years, 38 days). Interment at Mt. St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Derby, Conn.   Relatives: Married to Linda Shashinska.   The Michael J. Adanti Student Center, at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) — of Augusta, Richmond County, Ga. Born in North Guilford, Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., November 22, 1754. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1785; Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785, 1787-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-99; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1799-1807; died in office 1807. Congregationalist. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. One of the founders, and first president, of Franklin College, which later became the University of Georgia. Died in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1807 (age 52 years, 102 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph at Greenfield Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Michael Baldwin and Lucy (Dudley) Baldwin; half-brother of Henry Baldwin; brother of Ruth Baldwin (who married Joel Barlow).   Political family: Baldwin family of Connecticut.   Baldwin counties in Ala. and Ga. are named for him.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Abraham Baldwin (built 1941 at New Orleans, Louisiana; scuttled 1976 as an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry Barnard (1811-1900) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., January 24, 1811. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Hartford, 1837-39; secretary to the Connecticut Commissioners of Common Schools, 1838-42; Rhode Island commissioner of public schools, 1845-49; Connecticut Superintendent of Common Schools, 1851-55; chancellor, University of Wisconsin, 1859-60; president, St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, 1866; U.S. Commissioner of Education, 1867-70; editor, American Journal of Education. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., July 5, 1900 (age 89 years, 162 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Chauncey Barnard and Elizabeth (Andrews) Barnard; married 1847 to Josephine Desnoyers.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry Barnard (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1961) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Douglas Joseph Bennet (1938-2018) — also known as Douglas J. Bennet — of Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., June 23, 1938. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1974; president and CEO of National Public Radio, 1983-93; president, Wesleyan University, 1995-2007. Died June 10, 2018 (age 79 years, 352 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Phoebe (Benedict) Bennet and Douglas Joseph Bennet (1911-1995); father of Michael Farrand Bennet.   Political family: Bennet family of Connecticut.   See also Wikipedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Kingman Brewster Jr. (1919-1988) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Oxford, England. Born in Longmeadow, Hampden County, Mass., June 17, 1919. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; law professor; President of Yale University, 1963-77; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1977-81. Member, Common Cause. Died, from a brain hemorrhage, in John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England, November 8, 1988 (age 69 years, 144 days). Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Kingman Brewster and Florence Foster (Besse) Brewster; married 1942 to Mary Louise Phillips.   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) — also known as Fred P. Corson — of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pa. Born in Millville, Cumberland County, N.J., April 11, 1896. Methodist minister; president, Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia, 1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948, 1952; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1948. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Union League; Rotary; Kappa Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa; Tau Kappa Alpha; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage after a fall, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., February 16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to Frances Blount Beaman.   See also Wikipedia article   Image source: Dickinson College   Joseph Daniel Duffey (b. 1932) — also known as Joseph D. Duffey — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn.; Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va., July 1, 1932. Democrat. Professor and acting dean, Hartford Seminary, 1960-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1968; candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1970; Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1977-78; chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1977-81; chancellor, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1982-1991; president, University of Massachusetts system, 1990-91; president, American University, 1991-93; dirctor, U.S. Information Agency, 1993-99. United Church of Christ. Still living as of 2011.   Relatives: Married 1974 to Anne L. Wexler.   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — OurCampaigns candidate detail Hamilton Holt (1872-1951) — of Connecticut. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 18, 1872. Democrat. Magazine editor and publisher; one of the founding members of the NAACP, 1909; candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1924; president, Rollins College, 1925-49. Member, NAACP. Died in Woodstock, Windham County, Conn., April 26, 1951 (age 78 years, 251 days). Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.   Relatives: Son of George Chandler Holt and Mary Louisa (Bowen) Holt; married 1899 to Alexina Crawford Smith.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Library of Congress Flavel Sweeten Luther (1850-1928) — also known as Flavel S. Luther — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Windham County, Conn., March 26, 1850. Republican. School teacher; college professor; president, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1904-19; member of Connecticut state senate 1st District, 1907-08. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Died in 1928 (age about 78 years). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Flavel S. Luther and Jane (Lillie) Luther; married, November 2, 1871, to Isabel Blake Ely.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Legislative History and Souvenir of Connecticut   Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; St. Georges, Bermuda; Athens, Clarke County, Ga. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., August 21, 1757. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; acting president, University of Georgia, 1801-10; U.S. Surveyor General, 1812-14; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1814-22; died in office 1822. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died in Washington, D.C., September 4, 1822 (age 65 years, 14 days). Original interment at Holmead's Burying Ground, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1878 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother of Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr.; married 1782 to Clara Benjamin; father of Henry Meigs and Clara Meigs (who married John Forsyth); uncle of Return Jonathan Meigs Jr.; grandfather of Henry Meigs Jr. and John Forsyth Jr.; granduncle of Return Jonathan Meigs III; first cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden; first cousin twice removed of Chittenden Lyon; second cousin twice removed of John Willard; second cousin thrice removed of Roger Calvin Leete; third cousin once removed of Elijah Hunt Mills; third cousin twice removed of Elisha Hotchkiss Jr., Elisha Hunt Allen, Anson Levi Holcomb, Gouverneur Morris, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, William Dean Kellogg and Charles Jenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles H. Eastman, William Fessenden Allen, Rush Green Leaming, Frederick Walker Pitkin, Alvred Bayard Nettleton, Robert Cleveland Usher, Charles M. Hotchkiss, Frederick Hobbes Allen, Allen Clarence Wilcox and Carl Trumbull Hayden; fourth cousin of Thomas Chittenden; fourth cousin once removed of Zina Hyde Jr..   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The city of Meigs, Georgia, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial George Edward Reed (1846-1930) — also known as "The Grand Old Man" — of Willimantic, Windham County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. Born in Brownville, Piscataquis County, Maine, March 28, 1846. Republican. Minister; president, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1889-1911; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900. Methodist. English ancestry. Died, in Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., February 7, 1930 (age 83 years, 316 days). Interment at Old Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.   Relatives: Son of George Reed and Ann (Hellyer) Reed; married 1870 to Ella Frances Leffingwell; father of George Leffingwell Reed.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of the 19th Congressional District (1897)   William Edwards Stevenson (1900-1985) — also known as William E. Stevenson — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn.; Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., 1900. Won Olympic gold medal in 1600 meter relay, 1924; Rhodes scholar; president of Oberlin College, 1946-61; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1961-64. Died in 1985 (age about 85 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Father of Helen Day Stevenson Meyner.   Political family: Meyner-Stevenson family of Phillipsburg, New Jersey.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   Lawrence Henry Summers (b. 1954) — also known as Lawrence H. Summers; Larry Summers — Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., November 30, 1954. Economist; university professor; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1999-2001; president of Harvard University, 2001-06. Jewish ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Trilateral Commission. Still living as of 2020.   Relatives: Married to Victoria Perry; married, December 11, 2005, to Elisa New; nephew of Paul Samuelson.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books by Lawrence H. Summers: Understanding Unemployment   Books about Lawrence H. Summers: Richard Bradley, Harvard Rules : Lawrence Summers and the Battle for the World's Most Powerful University   Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) — also known as Adonijah S. Welch — of Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla.; Ames, Story County, Iowa. Born in East Hampton, Middlesex County, Conn., April 12, 1821. Republican. First principal, in 1851-65, of the Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich. (later Eastern Michigan University); member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1863-66; established a lumber mill at Jacksonville, Fla.; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1868-69; first president, in 1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (later Iowa State University); college professor; author. Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 14, 1889 (age 67 years, 336 days). Interment at Iowa State College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.   Welch Hall (built 1896), at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article

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