Andrew Dickson White

Andrew Dickson White    (academic, historian, diplomat)
Born	1832-11-07 Homer, New York
Died	November 4, 1918 (Age 85) Ithaca, New York
Nationality	US
Alma mater	Yale College, A.B.
Spouse	Mary A. Outwater
Member of	Skull and Bones
Party	Republican
US bonesman,university president and diplomat.  President of Cornell University In office 1866 - 1885  United States Ambassador to Germany In office June 19, 1879 - August 15, 1881  President of the American Historical Association In office 1884 - 1885  United States Ambassador to Russia In office July 22, 1892 - October 1, 1894  United States Ambassador to Germany In office June 12, 1897 - November 27, 1902  Member of the New York Senatefrom the 22nd district In office 1864 - 1867

Andrew Dickson White was an American historian and educator who cofounded Cornell University and was its first president for nearly two decades. A politician, he had been state senator in New York. He was later appointed as an American diplomat to Germany and Russia, among other responsibilities.

White as a junior or senior at Yale, wearing his Skull and Bones pin.

Education

At Yale, White was a classmate of Daniel Coit Gilman, who would later serve as the first president of Johns Hopkins University. The two were members of the Skull and Bones and remained close friends.

 

Related Quotation

Page	Quote	Author	Date
Skull and Bones	“The Order we are about to investigate [Skull and Bones] had great foresight, back in the 1880s, to create both the American Historical Association and the American Economic Association (most economists were then more historians than analysts) under their terms, with their people and their objectives. Andrew Dickson White was a member of The Order and the first President of the American Historical Association.”	Antony Sutton	2002

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