James Roscoe Day was an American

United States

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 educator.

Biography

He was born in Whitneyville, Maine

Whitneyville, Maine

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 on June 7, 1845. He studied at Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College , founded in 1794, is an elite private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick, Maine. As of 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranks Bowdoin 6th among liberal arts colleges in the United States. At times, it was ranked as high as 4th in the country. It is...

, and was in 1872 ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Methodist Episcopal Church

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. He was pastor

Pastor

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 at Bath, Maine

Bath, Maine

Bath is a city in Sagadahoc County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,266. It is the county seat of Sagadahoc County. Located on the Kennebec River, Bath is a port of entry with a good harbor. The city is popular with tourists, many drawn by its...

 from 1872 to 1874; Portland, Maine

Portland, Maine

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 from 1876 to 1878; Boston, Massachusetts from 1881 to 1882; New York

New York City

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, 1883 to 1885 and 1889 to 1893. In 1893 he became chancellor of Syracuse University

Syracuse University

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. He was elected bishop

Bishop

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 in 1904, but declined the post to stay at Syracuse. He is credited with helping to greatly expand the University as several important buildings were constructed during his tenure including the Archibold Gymnasium, Bowne Hall, Carnegie Library, Goldstein Faculty Center, Lyman Hall, Machinery Hall, Slocum Hall, Sims Hall, Smith Hall, Steel Hall, and the Tolley Administration Building. He was also an author and wrote The Raid on Prosperity (1907) and My Neighbor the Workingman. He died in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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on March 13, 1923.