Alan Chester Valentine | |
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4th President of the University of Rochester | |
In office 1935–1950 | |
Preceded by | Benjamin Rush Rhees |
Succeeded by | Cornelis W. de Kiewiet |
Personal details | |
Born | Glen Cove, New York | February 23, 1901
Died | July 14, 1980 Rockland, Maine | (aged 79)
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Lucia Garrison Norton |
Children | Annie Laurie Buffinton Sarah McKim Valentine Garrison Norton Valentine |
Parent | Charles Post Valentine Annie Laurie |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College, University of Pennsylvania, Balliol College, Oxford |
Profession | Administrator |
Medal record | ||
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Men's rugby union | ||
Representing the United States | ||
Olympic Games | ||
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]