Edmund Ezra Day

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Edmund Ezra Day
President of Cornell University
Term	1937 – 1949
Predecessor	Livingston Farrand
Successor	Cornelis de Kiewiet acting
Born	(1883-12-07)December 7, 1883 Manchester, New Hampshire^[1]
Died	March 23, 1951(1951-03-23) (aged 67) Ithaca, New York
Alma mater	Dartmouth College (A.B., M.A.) Harvard University (Ph.D.)

Edmund Ezra Day (December 7, 1883 – March 23, 1951) was an American educator.

Day received his undergraduate and master's degrees from Dartmouth College and his doctorate in economics from Harvard. While at Dartmouth, be became a brother of Theta Delta Chi. In 1923 he went to the University of Michigan, where he served as professor of economics, organizer and first dean of the School of Business Administration, and Dean of the University. He went on to serve as the fifth president of Cornell University from 1937 to 1949. While in office, he helped establish the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell.

The administrative building at Cornell, Day Hall, is named after Edmund Ezra Day. He was interred in Sage Chapel on Cornell's campus.^[2]

References

External links

Cornell Presidency: Edmund Ezra Day
Cornell University Library Presidents Exhibition: Edmund Ezra Day (Presidency; Inauguration)
Guide to the Edmund Ezra Day arbitration files, 1949. #5094. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Academic offices
Preceded by Livingston Farrand	President of Cornell University 1937–1949	Succeeded by Cornelis W. de Kiewiet (acting)

v t e Presidents of Cornell University

White Adams Schurman Farrand Day Kiewiet* Malott Perkins Corson Rhodes Rawlings Lehman Rawlings* Skorton

* indicates acting or interim president

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 53093798 LCCN: no96040605 GND: 101634064

Persondata
Name	Day, Edmund Ezra
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 7, 1883
Place of birth	Manchester, New Hampshire
Date of death	March 23, 1951
Place of death	Ithaca, New York

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