Henry Noble MacCracken | |
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5th President of Vassar College | |
In office 1915–1946 | |
Preceded by | James Monroe Taylor |
Succeeded by | Sarah Gibson Blanding |
Personal details | |
Born | Toledo, Ohio, United States | November 19, 1880
Died | May 7, 1970 Poughkeepsie, New York, United States | (aged 89)
Spouse |
Marjorie Dodd (m. 1907) |
Education | New York University (English/M.A., 1900/1904) Harvard University (M.A./Ph.D., 1905/1907) |
Henry Noble MacCracken (November 19, 1880 – May 7, 1970) was an American academic administrator who was the fifth president of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, serving from 1915 to 1946 as the first secular president of the college.[1] MacCracken's term as president of Vassar College is the longest in the college's history.