Alan SIMPSON

Background

SIMPSON, Alan was born on July 23, 1912 in Gateshead. Son of George and Isabella Graham Simpson.

Education

Dame Allan"s School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Worcester College, and Merton College, Oxford, and Harvard University.

Career

Lecturer in Modem British History and American History, University of Saint Andrew’s, Scotland 1938-1946. Lecturer in Constitutional Law, University College, Dundee, Scotland 1938-1946. Resident Advisor 1941-1945; Assistant Professor, of History, University of Chicago 1946-1954, Association Professor 1954-1959, Thomas Donnelley Professor, of History’, and Dean of College, University of Chicago 1959-1964.

President, of Vassar College 1964-1977.

Doctor of Humane Letters (National College, of Education, Evanston, University of Rochester). Doctor of Laws (Knox College).

Interests

• Planting trees.

Connections

Married Mary M. McEldowney in 1938.

Father:

George

Mother:

Isabella Graham Simpson

Spouse:

Mary M. McEldowney