Alan Valentine

Alan Chester Valentine
4th President of the University of Rochester
In office
1935–1950
Preceded byBenjamin Rush Rhees
Succeeded byCornelis W. de Kiewiet
Personal details
Born(1901-02-23)February 23, 1901
Glen Cove, New York
DiedJuly 14, 1980(1980-07-14) (aged 79)
Rockland, Maine
NationalityAmerican
SpouseLucia Garrison Norton
ChildrenAnnie Laurie Buffinton
Sarah McKim Valentine
Garrison Norton Valentine
ParentCharles Post Valentine
Annie Laurie
Alma materSwarthmore College, University of Pennsylvania, Balliol College, Oxford
ProfessionAdministrator
Alan Valentine
Medal record
Men's rugby union
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1924 Paris Team competition

Alan Chester Valentine (February 23, 1901 – July 14, 1980) was an American academic who competed on the gold-medal winning American rugby union team in the 1924 Summer Olympics, was president of the University of Rochester, and served in the Truman Administration as a Marshall Plan official and as the first head of the Economic Stabilization Agency.[1]

  1. ^ "Alan Valentine". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 October 2021.