Stratton, L. D.
Person
Biography
Head of Department of Chemistry and later Dean of Men.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
condolence letter to Mrs. Leon D. Stratton
Item
Scope and contents note
From the Collection:
The records in this collection document the administrational activities of Drexel University between 1934 and 1994, but mostly encompass William W. Hagerty’s tenure as president between 1963 and 1984. The collection consists primarily of two sets of subject files. An earlier set includes mostly papers that Dr. Hagerty inherited from the previous president, James Creese; these papers document the transition from the Creese to the Hagerty administration. A later set of subject files was...
Dates:
1955-1967
Parke R. Kolbe administration records
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-004
Abstract
Parke Rexford Kolbe, the Drexel Institute's fourth president, served from 1932 to 1942. Before coming to Drexel, Dr. Kolbe was president of the University of Akron from 1913 to 1925 and of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn from 1925 to 1932. As Drexel's president, Dr. Kolbe presided over the decentralization of Drexel's administration and the development of educational programs to support national defense as the threat of U.S. involvement in World War II loomed. The bulk of the...
Dates:
1931-1941
Scholarships, 1931-1941, 1931-1941
File — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series IV
Scope and contents note
correspondence, newspaper articles, lists of scholarships, addresses
Dates:
1931-1941