Background
Knowles, Asa Smallidge was born on January 15, 1909 in Northeast Harbor, Maine, United States. Son of Jerome and Lilla Belle (Smallidge) Knowles.
Knowles, Asa Smallidge was born on January 15, 1909 in Northeast Harbor, Maine, United States. Son of Jerome and Lilla Belle (Smallidge) Knowles.
Student, Thayer Academy, South Braintree, Massachusetts, 1926. AB, Bowdoin College, 1930. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Bowdoin College, 1951.
Postgraduate, Harvard Business School, 1931. A.M., Boston University, 1935. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Northeastern University, 1957.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Emerson College, 1960. Honorary Doctor of Laws, University Toledo, 1960. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Brandeis University, 1968.
D. Ped. (honorary), North Adams State College, 1974. D. Ped. (honorary), Franklin Pierce College, 1974. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Western New England College, 1961.
Doctor of Science (honorary), New England College Pharmacy, 1962. Doctor of Science (honorary), Lowell Technology Institute, 1966. Doctor of Business Administration (honorary), University Rhode Island, 1967.
Doctor of Science in Business Education (honorary), Bryant College, 1967. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Massachusetts College Optometry, 1975. Doctor of Science in Education (honorary), Boston College, 1976.
Association professor industrial engineering, also head department, Northeastern U., Boston, 1936-1939;
dean College Business Administration, Northeastern U., Boston, 1939-1942;
also director Bureau Business Research, Northeastern U., Boston, 1939-1942;
president, Northeastern U., Boston, 1959-1975;
chancellor, Northeastern U., Boston, from 1975;
also dean School Business Administration, Northeastern U., Boston
director, Division General College Extension, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1942-1946;
first chancellor, Associated Colls. Upper New York, 1946-1948;
vice president development, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1948-1951;
president, U. Toledo, 1951-1958. Director Shawmut Corporation.
Member Massachusetts Commission Education, 1963-1965. Member Massachusetts Higher Education Facilities Commission, 1964-1969, chairman, 1968-1969. Chairman New England Association Schools and Colls., 1967-1969, vice president, 1970-1971, president, 1971-1972.
Member of council Federation Regional Accreditation Communications Higher Education, 1966-1972, chairman, 1970-1972. Chairman Army Advisory Panel on R.O.T.C. Affairs, 1967-1968. Vice chairman National Common for Cooperative Education, 1962-1975, chairman, from 1975.
Vice chairman Association Indiana Colleges Universities in Massachusetts, 1973-1974, chairman, 1974-1975. Chairman Massachusetts Commision on Postsecondary Education, 1975-1976.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Pershing Rifles (honorary), Blue Key, Phi Kappa Phi (distinguished member award 1973), Pi Delta Phi, Kappa Delta Pi (Compatriot in Education 1977), Chi Psi (Albert S. Bard award 1964), Alpha Kappa Psi, Alpha Pi Mu (honorary), Beta Gamma Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Delta Sigma Theta (honorary), Sigma Epsilon Rho (honorary).
Son of Jerome and Lilla Belle (Smallidge) K. M. Edna Worsnop; children– Asa W., Margaret Anne.