Marion Edwards Park
Marion Edwards Park | |
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| 3rd President of Bryn Mawr College | |
| In office 1922–1942 | |
| Preceded by | M. Carey Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Katharine Elizabeth McBride |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1875 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Residence(s) | Pennsylvania, United States |
| Education | Bryn Mawr College (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) |
Marion Edwards Park (1875-1960) was an American academic administrator who was the third president of Bryn Mawr College, her alma mater, following alumna M. Carey Thomas.
Biography[edit]
Park was born in Gloversville, New York in 1875. Her brother, Dr. E. A. Park, was head of the department of pediatrics at Yale University.
During her tenure as a student at Bryn Mawr College, she received the Bryn Mawr European Fellowship and used it to attend the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece.[1] Park presided over the college during the Great Depression and the beginning of World War II, where she worked with other colleges to employ refugee scholars from European universities.[2] Park was also instrumental in initiating cross-institution collaboration between Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania.
She died in 1960.
Publications[edit]
"The plebs in Cicero’s day, a study of their provenance and of their employment", Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Cosmos Press, 1921[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Bryn Mawr College Chooses New Head" (PDF). New York Times. Feb 22, 1922. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ "Marion Edward Park 1922-1942". Bryn Mawr College. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ The plebs in Cicero's day, a study of their provenance and of their employment. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Cosmos Press. 1921.
Further reading[edit]
- Meigs, Cornelia (1956). What Makes A College? A History Of Bryn Mawr. New York: The Macmillan Company.
