Merle Middleton Odgers

Merle Middleton Odgers was president of Bucknell University from 1954 until his retirement in 1964, when he was named president emeritus.[1]

Born in Philadelphia, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1922. After receiving his doctorate in 1928, he taught at the university until 1933, when he was named dean of their College of Liberal Arts for Women. Odgers was then president of Girard College, a Philadelphia secondary school for orphan boys, from 1936 to 1954.[2][3][4]

Odgers authored Alexander Dallas Bache: Scientist and Educator, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 1947.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Office of the President. "Presidents of Bucknell". Bucknell University. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Merle Middleton Odgers, 83, Former President of Bucknell". New York Times. September 9, 1983. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ School And Society 44. Science Press. 1936. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Penniless Boys Of County Passing Up Free Education". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. February 16, 1939. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Alexander Dallas Bache, scientist and educator, 1806-1867. (Book, 1947)". WorldCat.org. Retrieved April 29, 2010.