Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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ALBERT BLEDSOE BIllWIBBIE PKE§inEllY. ¥Ul lWf IJWI1 ER I¥V 1918-1955

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B o I R u or Esmond Phelps, A.B., LL.B President Chauncey French First Vice-President Ernest Lee Jahncke, B.E. Second Vice-President Walker Brainerd Spencer, A.B., LL.B. Charles Rosen, A.B., LL.B. Marcus Johns Magruder, M.D. Paul Hill Saunders, A.M., Ph.D. Samuel Zemurray Florence Dymond, A.B. Jules Blanc Monroe, A.B., LL.B. James Pierce Butler, LL.B. JoHN Barnwell Elliott, A.M., M.D. George Elliot Williams B.E. S. Walter Stern, A.B. Charles Allen Favrot, M.E. Joseph Wheadon Carroll Ex-Offic tOscAR K. Allen Governor of Louisiana Thomas Semmes Walmsley Mayor of New Orleans Thomas H. Harris State Superintendent of Public Education Lawrence Andre Wogan Secretary and Treasurer Resigned on November 13, 19S5. Deceased.

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♦♦ Albert Bledsoe Din widdie, President of Tulane University since 1918, died at his home in New Orleans on November 21st, 1935, at the age of sixty-four years. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on April 3rd, 1871, of a distinguished Virginia family. His education was obtained at the University of Virginia, from which institution he received his doctorate in 1892; later studying abroad at the University of Goettingen. His early teaching was spent in several university pre- paratory schools in Virginia; becoming professor of mathematics at Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1896, he remained there for ten years prior to his com- ing to Tulane. Dr. Dinwiddie became Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and As- tronomy at Tulane University in 1906, and, after several promotions in rank, be- came Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1911, and in 1918 was elected President of the University at a very critical time in its history. As a result of his constructive leadership, the University took on new life and becam.e the fine in- stitution which it is to-day chiefly through his efforts and careful planning. As director of war training at Tulane in 1917 and in 1918, he made a nota- ble record, and in conducting the 1920 endowment campaign, he accomplished an almost impossible task. During his administration important donations were received from various sources, many new buildings were erected, and several new and important depart- ments were inaugurated. Dr. Dinwiddie loved every form of outdoor sports, and was especially interested in all phases of athletics at the University. His constant interest in, and fatherly solicitude for, the welfare of the faculty, staff, and students of the University endeared him to them to a marked degree. His eminent leadership in all educational movements and his sound judgment in civic matters, despite his modesty and simplicity, made him a valued citizen to this city and community. In his death the cause of higher education in general, and in Tulane University in particular, has lost a devoted friend. In full recognition of his achievements, the 1936 Jambalaya hereby records its sincere appreciation of his life.