Charles Herbert Levermore
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Doctor Charles Herbert Levermore received an A.B. from Yale, class of 1879, and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins, 1885. At the latter institution he became friends with a young Woodrow Wilson
, both being fellow members of the Glee Club. Later he became a Professor of History at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
.
Dr. Levermore was appointed head of Adelphi Academy in 1893 and subsequently established the liberal arts Adelphi College in Brooklyn, NY in 1896.
In February 1924 Dr. Levermore received The American Peace Award, created the year before by Edward Bok, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and former editor of The Ladies Home Journal. This award provided $100,000 for the best plan describing how the United States could co-operate with other nations to achieve and preserve world peace.
Dr. Levermore was Secretary of the World Court League, of the League of Nations Union
, and the New York Peace Society.
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
, both being fellow members of the Glee Club. Later he became a Professor of History at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
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Dr. Levermore was appointed head of Adelphi Academy in 1893 and subsequently established the liberal arts Adelphi College in Brooklyn, NY in 1896.
In February 1924 Dr. Levermore received The American Peace Award, created the year before by Edward Bok, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and former editor of The Ladies Home Journal. This award provided $100,000 for the best plan describing how the United States could co-operate with other nations to achieve and preserve world peace.
Dr. Levermore was Secretary of the World Court League, of the League of Nations Union
League of Nations Union
The League of Nations Union was an organization formed in the United Kingdom to promote international justice, collective security and a permanent peace between nations based upon the ideals of the League of Nations. The League of Nations was established by the Great Powers as part of the Paris...
, and the New York Peace Society.