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• John Charles Thomas - Baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Company, was a student in Conway Hall, preparatory school of Dickinson College which closed in 1917.

• John Baillie - Member of the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, and alumnus of Edinburgh University.

• William Sampson - Only alumnus of the college to recieve a degree, superintendent of schools of Upper Darby, PA, graduated from the college in 1902.

• Edwin M. Wilson -  Headmaster of the Haverford School, his grandfather, George R. Round, graduated in the first four year class at Wesleyan University and enroled his sons at Dickinson.

• Charles A. Fife - President of the American Pediatric Society

• James Hall Mason Knox Jr. - Former president of the American Pediatric Society, is the great grandson of Dr. John Mitchell Mason, who was president of the college from 1821-1824.

• Spencer Penrose - Mining engineer of Boulder Colorado.

• Allen Abbott - Professor of English at the Teachers College, Columbia University.

• Stephen Vincent Benet - Author from New York City, great grandson of Dr. William Neill who was president of the college from 1829-1831, also the brother of William Rose Benet.

• William Rose Benet - Author from New York, great grandson of Dr. William Neill who was president of the college from 1829-1831, also the brother of Stephen Vincent Benet.

• A. Edward Newton -  Author from Philadelphia

• Arthur H. Lea - Chairman of the faculty of the Pennsylvania Acadamy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, graduated from Harvard University, was a student with President Morgan in the old preparatory school at Rugby Acadamy.

• Wyatt Brown - Bishop in the Harrisburg diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

• Joseph Buffington - Judge in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals.

•  Clarence E. Martin - Attorney of Martinsburg, W. Va., former president of the American Bar Association.

• Harlod W. Dodds - President of Princeton University.

• Robert C. Clothier - President of Rutgers University.

• William M. Lewis - President of Lafayette College.

• William P. Tolley - President of Allegheny College.

• Luther A. Weigle - Dean of the Yale Divinity School.

• Frederick C. Woodward - Vice-President of the University of Chicago, and former member of the faculty of the Dickinson School of Law.

*All information on this page was found in the Dickinson College Alumnus, found in the Dickinson College Archives
 

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Dickinson 1934 is a project of Prof. Osborne's History 204 Class, Fall Semester 2000.