Thaddeus Seymour
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Thaddeus Seymour was born June 28, 1928 in New York City. His father, Whitney North Seymour was president of the American Bar Association. Seymour went to Princeton University and the University of California at Berkley, and studied English Literature at the University of North Carolina where he received his masters and doctoral degrees. He was an English professor at Dartmouth College and later dean at Dartmouth. From 1969 to 1978 he was president of Wabash College, and from 1978 to 1990 he was president of Rollins College.[1][2]
Dr. John Phillips, president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities praised Seymour's work at Rollins. According to Keith Henderson of The Christian Science Monitor
- What Seymour has accomplished in his eight years here is ``pretty remarkable, according to John Phillips, president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. ``He's gone against the trends. When others have been willing to say, ``whatever people want, let's provide it, Seymour has never veered from his purpose -- the establishment, as Dr. Phillips puts it, of ``a high-quality liberal arts institution in a place that's associated in the public's mind with Disney World and fun in the sun.[3]
References
- ^ Thaddeus Seymour Official biography at Rollins College
- ^ Holston, Noel, "The Unfinished Work Of Jon Gnagy His Dream May Finally Be Realized Through His Daughter", Orlando Sentinel, July 20, 1986
- ^ How Thad Seymour led a college back to its academic roots By Keith Henderson; The Christian Science Monitor March 10, 1986
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