Abram W. Harris
Abram Winegardner Harris (November 7, 1858 – February 21, 1935) was the fourteenth president of Northwestern University, serving from 1906 to 1916.[1] He was also the first President of the University of Maine from 1896 to 1906.[2]
A graduate of Wesleyan University (B.A. 1880, M.A. 1883), Harris came to Northwestern after a time as President of Maine State College ( 1893-1896), where he oversaw the transformation of the school into the University of Maine in 1896.[3] At Northwestern, he helped develop the School of Commerce (now the Kellogg School of Management) in 1908. He retired from Northwestern after 10 years to take a position with the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York.
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Presidents of the University of Maine |
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- Allen (1871–78)
- Fernald (1879–93)
- Harris (1893–1901)
- Fellows (1902–10)
- Aley (1911–21)
- Little (1922–25)
- Boardman (1926–34)
- Hauck (1934–58)
- Elliott (1958–65)
- Young (1965–68)
- Libby (1969–73)
- Neville (1971)
- Silverman (1973–79)
- Johnson (1984–86)
- Lick (1986–91)
- Hutchinson (1992–97)
- Hoff (1997–2004)
- Kennedy (2005–11)
- Ferguson (2011–14)
- Hunter (2014–present)
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