Elmer Hewitt Capen

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Elmer Hewitt Capen

President of Tufts University
Term	1875 – 1905
Predecessor	Alonzo Ames Miner
Successor	Frederick W. Hamilton
Born	(1838-04-05)April 5, 1838 Stoughton, Massachusetts
Died	March 22, 1905(1905-03-22) (aged 66) Medford, Massachusetts

Elmer Hewitt Capen (April 5, 1838 – March 22, 1905) was the third president of Tufts College (now Tufts University), serving from 1875 to 1905. He was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Capen graduated from Tufts in 1860, and while there he was a founding member of the Kappa Charge of Theta Delta Chi. Also, while still an undergraduate, he was elected to, and served in, the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He relinquished his seat after one term in order to finish his studies and graduate with his class. After his graduation from Tufts, he studied at Harvard Law School, practiced law for a short time, and then became a Universalist minister.

Capen presided over the continued expansion of course and program offerings at Tufts, and the beginning of co-education (over his own objections) in 1892. He died in office on March 22, 1905. A bronze bust of Capen remains in Tufts' Goddard Chapel. The residence he constructed for himself and his family while president, at 8 Professors Row, is still known as Capen House.

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Elmer Hewitt Capen, 1875 - Tufts Interactive Timeline

v t e Presidents of Tufts University

Ballou (1853–1861) Miner (1862–1875) Capen (1875–1905) Hamilton (1905–1912) Hooper* (1912–1914) Bumpus (1915–1919) Cousens (1919–1937) Miller* (1937–1938) Carmichael (1938–1952) Wessell (1953–1966) Mead* (1966–1967) Hallowell (1967–1976) Mayer (1976–1992) DiBiaggio (1992–2001) Bacow (2001–2011) Monaco (2011–)

*Acting

Persondata
Name	Capen, Elmer
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	April 5, 1838
Place of birth	Stoughton, Massachusetts
Date of death	March 22, 1905
Place of death	Medford, Massachusetts

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