Samuel Somerville Stratton

Samuel Somerville Stratton
Born(1898-02-23)February 23, 1898
Lynn, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 1969(1969-03-00) (aged 71)
EducationDartmouth College
Alma materHarvard
Occupation(s)professor of economics and researcher in Harvard and the University of Pittsburgh

Samuel Somerville Stratton (February 23, 1898 – March 1969[1]) served as the eleventh president of Middlebury College, 1943 - 1963.

Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, he was a graduate of Newburyport High School in Newburyport, Massachusetts and Dartmouth College,[citation needed] graduating in 1920 after naval service in World War I. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard and served as a professor of economics and researcher there and briefly at the University of Pittsburgh.

Stratton saw Middlebury through most of World War II, when the institution hosted Naval V-12 units, and initiated an extensive program of construction while enlarging the student body and enriching the institution's liberal arts curriculum.

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  1. ^ "United States Social Security Death Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
Preceded by President of Middlebury College
1943–1963
Succeeded by