Charles Henry Keyes
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Charles Henry Keyes, Ph.D.
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 (1858–1925), was a notable American educator. He was the first president of the Throop Polytechnic Institute (now Caltech) (1891–1896) and he became the first president of Skidmore College
Skidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....

 in 1912.

In 1911, Keyes wrote a well-received study on the progress of education in a New England
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 school district. Keyes was already successful at Throop and Columbia University Teachers' College when Lucy Skidmore Scribner
Lucy Skidmore Scribner
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 asked him to become Skidmore's first president. In 1922, Skidmore was chartered. Keyes helped define the school as a liberal arts
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 college with a successful nursing
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 program. He also assisted with the college's acquisition of additional property. Skidmore College have named the Keyes Quadrangle after him. He is the subject of a biography by Maud Keyes Decker (ISBN 143255882X).
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