Richard Daniel Weigle

Background

Weigle, Richard Daniel was born on March 9, 1912 in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. Son of Luther Allan and Clara (Boxrud) Weigle.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1931; A.M., Yale University, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1939; student, Yale Division School, 1933-1934; Doctor of Laws, Washington College, 1957; Doctor of Laws, LaSalle College, 1958; Doctor of Laws, Wabash College, 1960; Doctor of Laws, College Notre Dame Maryland., 1965; Doctor of Laws, Colorado College, 1969; Doctor of Humane Letters, Bard College, 1970; Doctor of Humane Letters, St. Francis College, 1972; Doctor of Humane Letters, St. Mary's College Maryland., 1975; Doctor of Humane Letters, University Maryland., 1980.

Career

Instructor English, Yali Union Middle School (Yale-in-China), Changsha, Hunan., China, 1931-1933; executive secretary, Yale-in-China, New Haven, Connecticut, 1934-1938; instructor, then assistant professor of history, economics and international relations, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1939-1942; staff, Office Far Eastern Affairs, Department State, 1946-1949; president, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland., 1949-1980; president emeritus, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland., 1980-1992; president, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1961-1980; interim president, St. Mary's College Maryland, 1982-1983. Member Anne Arundel County School Board, 1952-1964, president, 1958-1963. Chairman Maryland. Association Bds.

Education, 1961-1962. Vice chairman Indiana College Funds American, 1967-1968. Chairman Maryland. Commision on Capital City, 1967-1977, 85-87, member, 1980-1985.

Chairman Loyola-Notre Dame Library Trustees, 1981-1988. Member Maryland. State Development Council Task Force, 1981-1985. Vice chairman Maryland.

Hall of Records Commission,1949-1990. Director St. Mary's City Commission, 1982-1992. Consultant National Endowment for Humanities, 1974-1991.

Achievements

• Richard Daniel Weigle has been listed as a noteworthy college president by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Convocatum est: Addresses by the president of St. John's College at matriculation convocations in Annapolis and Santa Fe over three decades, 1950-1980

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  • The colonization of a college: The beginnings and early history of St. John's College in Santa Fe

Membership

Trustee Yale-China Association. Trustee Key School, Annapolis, chairman, 1972-1974. Trustee St. Mary's College, Maryland., 1976-1992.

Active History City Commission, 1974-1991. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Headquarters G-2, G-3.

Served with Chinese Army in India. Secretary general staff Chinese Combat Command. Member American History Association, Maryland.

History Society, Association American Colls. (chairman commission liberal education 1955-1957, treasurer 1963-1966, chairman 1967-1968), Pendennis Mount Association, Kiwanis, Rotary, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Mary Grace Day, April 4, 1942. Children: Mary Martha, Constance Day (Mistress Thomas W. Mann).

Father:

Luther Allan Weigle

Mother:

Clara (Boxrud) Weigle

Spouse:

Mary Grace Day

child:

Constance Day Weigle (Mistress Thomas W. Mann)

child:

Mary Martha Weigle