Franklin Winslow Johnson | |
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| 15th President of Colby College | |
| In office 1929–1942 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur J. Roberts |
| Succeeded by | J. Seelye Bixler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 17, 1870 Jay, Maine |
| Died | February 19, 1956 (aged 85) Waterville, Maine |
| Alma mater | Colby College |
Franklin Winslow Johnson (August 17, 1870 – February 19, 1956) was the 15th President of Colby College, Maine, United States, from 1929–1942. Franklin W. Johnson is widely remembered as the president who began to move Colby College to its Mayflower Hill location and set it on the road to national prestige, in the face of the Great Depression and the beginning of World War II.[1]
- ^ The Man of Mayflower Hill: A Biography of Franklin W. Johnson, by Ernest C. Marriner, Colby College Press, 1968