Background
Rowe, Harry Willison was born on November 13, 1887 in Mercer, Maine, United States. Son of Willison and Fanny Louisa (Groves) Rowe.
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Harry Willison Rowe
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AB, Bates College, 1912; AM (honorary), Bates College, 1942; Doctor of Humane Letters, Western New England College, 1953; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Maine, 1957.
Career
Principal, Troy (Maine) High School, 1906-1908;
field secretary, Maine Christian Endeavor Union, 1912-1914;
secretary, Northern New Engl. Christian Endeavor Unions, 1914;
with, Bates College, from 1914;
successively graduate Young Men’s Christian Association secretary, alumni secretary, bursar, assistant to president, dean of faculty, Bates College, 1946-1958;
dean emeritus, college historian, Bates College, from 1958. Trustee Maine Center Institute, from 1923, president of the board, 1924-1969.
Board directors Portland Junior College, 1933-1957, Nyack Boys School, 1955-1961.
Achievements
Membership
Member Eastern Association College Deans and Advisers of Men (president 1952-1953), American Association Academy Deans, College Entrance Examination Board, Huguenot Society Maine (president 1971-1973), New England Conference Graduate Education, New England Association Colleges Secondary Schools, Sons of the American Revolution (president 1969-1971), Society Colonial Wars (governor 1974-1976), Maine League History Socs. and Museums (secretary), Maine (secretary from 1968), Androscoggin County (president 1958-1961, 64-67, director) history societies, Christian Endeavor International (trustee), Society Descendants Colonial Clergy, Maine Society Order of Founders and Patriots American, Rotary Club (district governor 1956-1957, secretary 1959-1974), Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Tau Kappa Alpha.
Connections
Married Eleanor Hope Chandler, September 2, 1913. Children: Ruth Rowe Wilson, Robert Chandler, Esther Rowe Tallamy.
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Religion
congregationalist -
Political Party
Republican