Background
Eddy, Edward Danforth was born on May 10, 1921 in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. Son of Edward Danforth and Martha (Henning) Eddy.
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educator college and university president
Eddy, Edward Danforth was born on May 10, 1921 in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. Son of Edward Danforth and Martha (Henning) Eddy.
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1956. Master of Divinity, Yale University, 1946.
Doctor of Laws, Thiel College, 1962. Dr.Lit., Duquesne University, 1966. Doctor of Letters, St. Vincent College, 1967.
Doctor of Letters, Providence College, 1991. Doctor of Laws, University New Hampshire, 1967. Doctor of Humane Letters, Keuka College, 1968.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Chatham College, 1973. Doctor of Humane Letters, Juniata College, 1980. Doctor of Humane Letters, Brown University, 1996.
Association director interfaith office, Cornell Univercity, 1946-1949; assistant to president, instructor English,, U. N.H., 1949-1954; acting president, U. N.H., 1954-1955; vice president, provost, U. N.H., 1955-1960; director, National Study of Character Influence in Education, 1957-1958; president, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, 1960-1977; president emeritus, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, since 1991; provost, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1977-1983; president, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1983-1991; president emeritus, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, since 1991; president, Edward Eddy Group, Wakefield, Rhode Island, since 1991. Honorary director Fleet Bank. Chairman Providence Blueprint for Education, since 1991.
(Colleges for Our Land and Time, by Eddy, Edward Danforth)
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Emeritus trustee Wheaton College. Board directors Public Education Fund, Rhode Island Philharmonic, School One, International Foundation for Education and Self-Help, Institute for International Sport, Save the Bay. Member University Club (New York City and Providence), Dunes Club, Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Phi, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Mary Allerton Schurman, June 23, 1949. Children: Edward Danforth III, Mary Isabel, Catherine Schurman Hahn, David Henning.