James Libby Tryon
James Libby Tryon in 1916
James Libby Tryon (November 21, 1864 - December 21, 1958) was a peace advocate and the director of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] He was a member of the Massachusetts Peace Society which merged with other local chapters to become the American Peace Society in 1928.
Biography
James Libby Tryon was born on November 21, 1864, in Boston, Massachusetts to Joseph A. Tryon and Ellen Bigelow Cummings. He attended Harvard University and graduated with degrees in law and divinity.[2]
He was the Director of Admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1930 to 1936.[1]
Tryon died on December 21, 1958 in Medford, Massachusetts at Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford.[3][4]
Publications
- The Inter-parliamentary Union and its work (1911)
- A World Treaty of Arbitration (1911)
- A permanent court of international justice; a suggestion for the programme committee of the third Hague conference (1913)
- The century of the Anglo-American peace (1914)
References
- 1 2 "MIT Admissions Office". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ↑ "Dr. James L. Tryon Sees World Peace. Predicts New Type of Scientific School" (PDF). The Tech. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ↑ "James Libby Tryon". Christian Science Monitor. December 23, 1958. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ↑ "Dr. James Libby Tryon". Daily Boston Globe. December 23, 1958. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
External links
- Sylvia Tryon's biography of Kate Allen Tryon and Dr. James Libby Tryon
- James Libby Tryon at Google Books
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