Clifton Daggett Gray | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 3rd President of Bates College | |
| In office March 1, 1920 – November 1, 1944 | |
| Preceded by | George Colby Chase |
| Succeeded by | Charles Franklin Phillips |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 27, 1874 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | February 21, 1948 Lewiston, Maine, U.S. |
| Residence(s) | Lewiston, Maine, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University University of Chicago |
| Profession | Minister |
Clifton Daggett Gray (July 27, 1874 – February 21, 1948)[1] was an American minister who served as the third President of Bates College from March 1920 to November 1944.
Under his tenure the debate team began to compete internationally and hosted the University of Oxford's Oxford Union's first American debate in Lewiston; Gray is known as the "father of the Brooks Quimby Debate Council."[2] He led the college through the Wall Street Crash of 1929 to a $2 million endowment and introduced the V-12 Naval Training Program at the college.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Johnnett, R. F. (1878). Bates Student: A Monthly Magazine. Edmund Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine: Bates College. pp. Multi–source, pp. 13.
- ^ "Clifton Daggett Gray | Past Presidents | Bates College". www.bates.edu. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 2015-12-24.