Charles Burt Sumner

Charles Burt Sumner
Financial Agent with Supervisory Authority of Pomona College
In office
1888–1890
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byCyrus G. Baldwin (as president of Pomona College)
Personal details
Born(1837-08-17)August 17, 1837
Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
DiedJuly 11, 1927(1927-07-11) (aged 89)
Claremont, California, United States
Spouses
Mary Louisa Stedman
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(m. 1869; died 1893)​
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Maria Frost Cole
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(m. 1904; died 1905)​
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Children2
Alma materYale University
ProfessionAcademic

Charles Burt Sumner (August 17, 1837 – July 11, 1927) was a minister in the Congregational church and a founding trustee of Pomona College who served as its de facto first president.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Blaisdell, James S. "In Memoriam: Charles Burt Sumner". Pomona College Quarterly Magazine. 16 (October 1927–January 1928): 7. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Yale bulletin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "1888". Pomona College Timeline. November 7, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Brackett, Frank P.; Miller, Evylena Nunn (1944). Granite and sagebrush; reminiscences of the first fifty years of Pomona College. Los Angeles, California: Ward Ritchie Press. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  5. ^ Lyon, E. Wilson (1977). The History of Pomona College, 1887-1969. The Castle Press.