Thomas Henry Carroll II (12 May 1914 – 27 July 1964)[1][2] was the President of the George Washington University from 1961 to 1964.
Thomas H. Carroll II | |
|---|---|
| 13th President of the George Washington University | |
| In office 1961–1964 | |
| Preceded by | Cloyd H. Marvin |
| Succeeded by | Lloyd Hartman Elliott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 May 1914 San Francisco, California |
| Died | 27 July 1964 |
| Spouse | Evelyn Elliott |
Career
editCarroll gained degrees from the University of California at Berkeley (Economics and business, 1934) and Harvard Business School, then became an assistant dean at Harvard from 1939 to 1942.[3] He served in the US Naval Reserve as a lieutenant junior grade during World War II from August 1942 to December 1945.[1] He became Dean of the College of Business Administration at Syracuse University in 1945,[4] and then Dean of the School of Commerce at the University of North Carolina in 1950.[5][6] He was president of the Harvard Business School Association for 1955-56. He became an Associate Director of the Ford Foundation in November 1953,[7] and became vice-president of the foundation before becoming president of George Washington University in 1961.[8] He was succeeded as president of the university by Lloyd H. Elliott in 1964 following his death.
Personal life
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Carroll was born in San Francisco, California.[1] He married Polly Holcolin Burgess in December 1941[3] and had two sons, Thomas III and Bruce.[2] He died from a heart attack in 1964 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[2] His widow Polly died in 1993.[9]
Books
edit- Carroll, Thomas H. Business Education for Competence and Responsibility. The American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1954
References
edit- ^ a b c Current biography yearbook. Vol. 23. H.W. Wilson Company. 1963. p. 78.
- ^ a b c "Thomas Carroll, Educator". The New York Times. 28 July 1964.
- ^ a b "Dec 13. chosen as date for Polly Burgess wedding". Berkeley Daily Gazette. 7 November 1941. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ "Carroll Named Dean at Syracuse". The New York Times. 17 November 1945.
- ^ "From Syracuse U . . Carolina's New Dean". The Daily Tar Heel. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 25 February 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 5 December 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Carroll New Dean". The Robesonian. Lumberton, North Carolina. 6 February 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 5 December 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Ford Fund name a Sixth Director; Dr. T. H. Carroll, Business Dean of North Carolina U., to Join Foundation Panel at Once". The New York Times. 12 November 1953.
- ^ "University Names New President". The New York Times. 7 August 1960.
- ^ "Obituaries". The Washington Post. 19 September 1994.
External links
edit- Carroll, Thomas Henry, The George Washington University and Foggy Bottom Historical Encyclopedia