Marion LeRoy Burton | |
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President of Smith College | |
In office 1910–1917 | |
Preceded by | Laurenus Clark Seelye |
Succeeded by | William Allan Neilson |
4th President of the University of Minnesota | |
In office 1917–1920 | |
Preceded by | George Edgar Vincent |
Succeeded by | Lotus Coffman |
5th President of the University of Michigan | |
In office 1920–1925 | |
Preceded by | Harry Burns Hutchins |
Succeeded by | Alfred Henry Lloyd (acting) C. C. Little |
Personal details | |
Born | Brooklyn, Iowa | August 30, 1874
Died | February 18, 1925 Ann Arbor, Michigan | (aged 50)
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Marion LeRoy Burton (August 30, 1874 – February 18, 1925)[1] was the second president of Smith College, serving from 1910 to 1917. He left Smith to become president of the University of Minnesota from 1917 to 1920. In 1920, he became president of the University of Michigan, where he served until his premature death, aged 50, in 1925 from angina.