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	March 21, 1864 Rockford, Illinois United States
Died	February 1, 1941 (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. Drawing on his experience with the Chautauqua Institution 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. He left his position in 1917 to become president of the Rockefeller Foundation.^[2]

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.

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.

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, 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)

External links

• Works by or about George Edgar Vincent at Internet Archive
• Works by George Edgar Vincent, at JSTOR
• Works by George Edgar Vincent, at Unz.org
• Obituary, American Sociological Review, 1941