Harvey Denison Kitchel (February 3, 1812 – September 11, 1895) was a Congregationalist minister who served as the president of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, from 1866 until 1875.
Harvey Denison Kitchel | |
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 Kitchel posing with his six sons, circa 1870 | |
| President of Middlebury College | |
| In office 1866–1875 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Labaree |
| Succeeded by | Calvin Butler Hulbert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 3, 1812 Washington County, New York, USA |
| Died | September 11, 1895 (aged 83) East Liverpool Columbiana County, Ohio |
| Children | Harvey S. Kitchel |
| Alma mater | Middlebury College |
| Profession | University president; pastor |
Kitchel graduated from Middlebury in 1835 and received his Doctor of Divinity in 1858. In 1865, he was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale University.[1]
Kitchel was the grandfather of Cornelius P. Kitchel, the mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, from 1930 to 1933.[2] He was the great-grandfather of Denison Kitchel,[3] a Phoenix lawyer who was the national campaign manager of U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater's 1964 presidential bid against Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas.
References
edit- ^ "Bulletin of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, December 1, 1931 Obituaries, p. 13" (PDF). mssa.library.yale.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
- ^ The New York Times, January 15, 1947, p. 25
- ^ "William Lloyd Kitchel (1869-date of death unknown)". records.ancestry.com. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
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