Charles Custis Harrison

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Charles Custis Harrison (1844-1929) was an American university provost. He was born in Philadelphia, was educated at the University of Pennsylvania (A.B., 1862; A.M., 1865), and received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Columbia (1895), Princeton (1896), Yale (1901), and the University of Pennsylvania (1911). From 1863 to 1892 he was engaged in manufacturing. He became a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania in 1876, was acting provost in 1894-95, and provost from 1895 to 1911.

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