Edwin Rogers Embree

Background

Embree, Edwin Rogers was born on July 31, 1883 in Osceola, Nebraska, United States. Son of William Norris and Laura (Fee) Embree.

Education

Early life and training in Wyoming and Kentucky. Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1906. Master of Arts, 1914.

Doctor of Letters, University of Hawaii, 1936.

Doctor of Laws, University of Iowa, 1941, Howard University, 1948.

Career

Edwina, Catherine. Reporter New York Sun. 1906-1907; alumni editor Yale Alumni Weekly, 1907-1911. Alumni registrar, assistant secretary, Yale, 1911-1917, secretary, 1917-1923, director Division of Studies, 1924-1927, vice president, 1927.

Rockefeller Foundation.

President Julius Rosenwald Fund, 1928-1948. President, Librarian Foundation Has specialized in study of races and of education in primitive cultures, also of Negro education and relations of negroes and whites.

Extended studies since 1921 of conditions in Far East and in Southern and Eastern Europe, especially in health, education and cultural clash. Chairman, Chicago Mayor’s Committee on Race Relations, 1943-1948.

Trustee of Roosevelt College of Chicago, since 1945.

Trustee, Sarah Lawrence College since 1944.

Achievements

• Edwin Rogers Embree has been listed as a noteworthy foundation administrator, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Zeta Psi.; Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).

Connections

Married Kate Scott Clark, July 16, 1907. Children: John Fee.

Father:

William Norris Embree

Mother:

Laura (Fee) Embree

Spouse:

Kate Scott Clark

child:

John Fee Embree