Merle Middleton Odgers

Merle Middleton Odgers was president of Bucknell University from 1954 to 1964, when he retired as president emeritus.^[1]

Born in Philadelphia, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1922, and received a doctoral degree there in 1928. He taught there for 11 years, and was then named dean of Penn's new College of Liberal Arts for Women in 1933. Odgers was then president of Girard College, a Philadelphia secondary school for orphan boys, from 1936 to 1954.^[2][3][4][5]

Odgers authored Alexander Dallas Bache: Scientist and Educator, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 1947.^[6]

References

1. ^ "Presidents of Bucknell || Office of the President || Bucknell University". Bucknell.edu. http://www.bucknell.edu/x6071.xml. Retrieved April 29, 2010. 
2. ^ "Merle Middleton Odgers, 83, Former President of Bucknell - New York Times". Nytimes.com. September 9, 1983. http://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/09/obituaries/merle-middleton-odgers-83-former-president-of-bucknell.html. Retrieved April 29, 2010. 
3. ^ by Various (October 30, 1936). "Addresses at the Inauguration of Merle Middleton Odgers, Ph.D. as President of Girard College: October 30, 1936 - Wonder Book". Wonderbk.com. http://www.wonderbk.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=3496308. Retrieved April 29, 2010. 
4. ^ School & society - Google Books. Books.google.com. July 3, 2007. http://books.google.com/books?id=CzM5AAAAMAAJ&q=Merle+Middleton+Odgers&dq=Merle+Middleton+Odgers&lr=lang_en&num=100&ei=toP8SrrpMZ6WyAS-y_moDw. Retrieved April 29, 2010. 
5. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xs0MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f2kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5036,609588&dq=merle+middleton+odgers&hl=en
6. ^ "Alexander Dallas Bache, scientist and educator, 1806-1867. (Book, 1947)". [WorldCat.org]. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1026929. Retrieved April 29, 2010. 

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