Frederick L. Hovde | |
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| 7th President of the Purdue University System | |
| In office 1 January 1946 – 24 June 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Andrey A. Potter (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Arthur G. Hansen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 7, 1908 |
| Died | March 1, 1983 (aged 75) |
Frederick Lawson Hovde (7 February 1908 – 1 March 1983) was an American chemical engineer, researcher, educator and president of Purdue University.
Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, Hovde received his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, where he played on the football team. Elected to a Rhodes Scholarship, he spent three years at Oxford University where he received two degrees in chemistry. While at Oxford, he was a member of the varsity rugby football team and in 1931 he became the third American in history to win his Oxford blue in the annual Oxford-Cambridge rugby union match.