Frank D. Fackenthal

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Frank D. Fackenthal
President of Columbia University
Term	1945 – 1948
Predecessor	Nicholas Murray Butler
Successor	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Born	(1883-02-22)February 22, 1883 Hellertown, Pennsylvania
Died	September 5, 1968(1968-09-05) (aged 85) unknown

Frank Diehl Fackenthal (February 22, 1883^[1] – September 5, 1968^[2]) was an American educator.

Fackenthal graduated from Columbia University in 1906. He served Columbia as chief clerk (1906–10), secretary (1910–37), and provost (1937–48). Between the retirement of Nicholas Murray Butler (1945) and the installation of General Dwight D. Eisenhower as president (1948), Dr. Fackenthal was acting president of the university, retaining his post as provost. After his retirement (1948) from the university he served as educational consultant to the Carnegie Corporation (1948–52) and then as president of the Columbia University Press (1953–58). His principal speeches as acting president were published as The Greater Power and Other Addresses (1949).

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Works by or about Frank D. Fackenthal in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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Academic offices
Preceded by Nicholas Murray Butler	President of Columbia University 1945 – 1948	Succeeded by Dwight D. Eisenhower

v t e Presidents of Columbia University

S. Johnson Cooper B. Moore^* Clinton^* W. Johnson Wharton B. Moore Harris Duer N. Moore King Barnard Low Butler Fackenthal^* Eisenhower Kirk Cordier McGill Sovern Rupp Bollinger

^* indicates acting president or chancellor

v t e Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards (Service)

William Allen White (1944 award to his widow) Columbia University and the Graduate School of Journalism (1947) Frank D. Fackenthal (1948) John Hohenberg (1976) Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. (1985)

Complete list (Journalism) (Letters) (Arts) (Service)

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Persondata
Name	Fackenthal, Frank D.
Alternative names
Short description	American educator
Date of birth	February 22, 1883
Place of birth	Hellertown, Pennsylvania
Date of death	September 5, 1968
Place of death	unknown

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