Edward S. Mann
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Early life and career
Waterville, Vermont
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, the son of a state senator
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. In 1925, at the age of 16, he enrolled at Eastern Nazarene College
Eastern Nazarene College
The Eastern Nazarene College is a private, coeducational college of the liberal arts and sciences in Quincy, Massachusetts near Boston, in the New England region of the United States. Known for its strong religious affiliation, distinctive liberal arts core curriculum, and excellence in science...
. As a student, he helped raise funds for the school's first baseball diamond, later raising more funds and helping dig the foundation for the school's first gymnasium.
Mann started teaching at Eastern Nazarene as a math professor in 1929 and became the assistant to the president, Gideon B. Williamson, in 1941. He also served as dean of men and business manager before he became vice-president of the college in 1945, and was elected president in 1948, a position he held until 1970. He was the college's longest-serving president and it was during his tenure that such things as intervarsity athletics began at the college. Speaking at a North Quincy High School
North Quincy High School
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commencement
Graduation
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in 1958, Mann is quoted as having said: "The attitude one takes toward work is an indication of the kind of person he is. Most people can be classified by their reactions when faced with a difficult task. ... Men need to learn that happiness does not come through idleness but through hard, honest toil."
He was also elected president of the General Board and executive secretary of the Board of Education for the Church of the Nazarene
Church of the Nazarene
The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged from the 19th century Holiness movement in North America with its members colloquially referred to as Nazarenes. It is the largest Wesleyan-holiness denomination in the world. At the end of 2010, the Church of the...
in 1966 and 1970, respectively. In addition, he was a member of the Quincy
Quincy, Massachusetts
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School Committee, where he served for 10 years, a member of the Quincy Rotary Club and the Quincy Historical Society
Quincy Historical Society
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, and director of the Evangelistic Association of New England. He received the Benjamin Franklin Hodginson Award for Outstanding Service to Quincy in 1963 and the Quincy Jaycees Distinguished Service Award in 1968. He was named President Emeritus of Eastern Nazarene College in 1983, upon returning to Quincy.
Education
Mann graduated with a bachelor's degreeBachelor's degree
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in mathematics from Eastern Nazarene College in 1929 and a master's degree
Master's degree
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in mathematics from Boston University
Boston University
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in 1932. He also received an honorary
Honorary degree
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doctor of laws degree from Northwest Nazarene College in 1949 and earned a doctor of divinity
Doctor of Divinity
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degree from the University of Vermont
University of Vermont
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in 1966.
Family and hobbies
Ed married his college sweetheart, Cora Herrschaft, in 1932. Cora was from Brooklyn, New York, graduated from Eastern Nazarene herself in 1932, and died at the age of 81 in 1988. He remarried in 1989 to Katherine (Brown) Angell, widowed daughter-in-law of Ernest E. Angell. Mann had four sons, Edward, Merritt, Robert, and Richard, and three stepchildren, Gary, Gordon, and Katherine Angell. A sports fan, he attended ENCEastern Nazarene College
The Eastern Nazarene College is a private, coeducational college of the liberal arts and sciences in Quincy, Massachusetts near Boston, in the New England region of the United States. Known for its strong religious affiliation, distinctive liberal arts core curriculum, and excellence in science...
sports events and followed the Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
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. He also enjoyed vacationing at his cottage, Hearthside, on Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain
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in Vermont.