Fred Engelhardt

American college president
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican college president
PlacesUnited States of America
wasPresident
Gender
Male
Birth15 April 1855
Death3 February 1944 (aged 88 years)
Star signAries
The details

Biography

Fred Engelhardt (April 15, 1885 - February 3, 1944) was an American college president. Engelhardt was the sixth president of the University of New Hampshire from 1937 to 1944. He graduated from Phillips Andover Academy. In 1908, Engelhardt went on to Yale and received a bachelor's degree in physics. Engelhardt then received an M.A. (1915) and a Ph.D. (1924) from Columbia University.

In 1942, he oversaw the establishment the Department of Arts at UNH.

Engelhardt died In Durham from cancer during his tenure.

The University of New Hampshire built a residence hall named Engelhardt Hall in his honor. It was dedicated on June 14, 1947.

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