John L. Senior
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John Lawson Senior was a sports administrator and the founder of Slope Day
at Cornell University
.
Senior graduated from Cornell University
in 1901 and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society. Senior organized the first "Spring Day," the predecessor to the modern Slope Day
, in March 1901 to meet an athletics deficit of $6,000. His efforts were so successful that he was appointed as the first Graduate Manager of Athletics at Cornell (a position which later became the Director of Athletics). Senior also became the first graduate manager of the Cornell University Glee Club
. His wife endowed the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University
, which has been held by Theodore Lowi and Clinton Rossiter
. His wife also endowed the fourth floor study rooms in Olin Library, named in honor of John L. Senior.
Slope Day
Slope Day is an annual day of celebration held at Cornell University during the last day of regular undergraduate classes. It usually falls on the first Friday of May and the official site of Slope Day is the Libe Slope, on the university campus. Though Slope Day has gone through many phases, in...
at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
.
Senior graduated from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1901 and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society. Senior organized the first "Spring Day," the predecessor to the modern Slope Day
Slope Day
Slope Day is an annual day of celebration held at Cornell University during the last day of regular undergraduate classes. It usually falls on the first Friday of May and the official site of Slope Day is the Libe Slope, on the university campus. Though Slope Day has gone through many phases, in...
, in March 1901 to meet an athletics deficit of $6,000. His efforts were so successful that he was appointed as the first Graduate Manager of Athletics at Cornell (a position which later became the Director of Athletics). Senior also became the first graduate manager of the Cornell University Glee Club
Cornell University Glee Club
The Cornell University Glee Club is the oldest student organization at Cornell University, having been organized shortly after the first students arrived on campus in 1868. The CUGC is a sixty-member chorus for male voices, with repertoire including classical, folk, 20th century music, and...
. His wife endowed the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, which has been held by Theodore Lowi and Clinton Rossiter
Clinton Rossiter
Clinton Rossiter was a historian and political scientist who taught at Cornell University from 1946 until his suicide in 1970. He wrote The American Presidency along with 20 other books on American institutions, the United States Constitution, and history...
. His wife also endowed the fourth floor study rooms in Olin Library, named in honor of John L. Senior.