Henry Merritt Wriston

Henry Merritt Wriston (1889 - 1978) was a U.S. educator and served as president at both Brown University and Lawrence University. Wriston was born in 1889 in Laramie, Wyoming, the son of a Methodist minister and a schoolteacher. He received his B.A. in 1911 from Wesleyan University, and returned there for his M.A. He earned his Ph.D. in politcal science from Harvard University. He served as the eighth president of Lawrence University from 1925 to 1937. His term was marked by the improvement of the curriculum, faculty and library collections. Before leaving the school, he wrote the book The Nature of a Liberal Arts College. He served as president of Brown University between 1937 and 1955. He served as president of the Council on Foreign Relations between 1951 and 1964. He also served as president of the American Assembly until 1963. He is the father of Walter B. Wriston, former chairman and CEO of Citibank.

Works

"Academic Procession." New York: New York University Press, 1959. "Challenge to Freedom," New York: Harper, 1943. "Character in Action." Providence: Brown University Press, 1941. "College Students and the War" Washington D.C.: The National Policy Committee, 1940. "Cuba and the United States: long range perspectives" Washington: Brookings Institution, 1967. "Diplomacy in a Democracy," New York: Harper, 1956. "Education for Democracy." Boston: American Unitarian Association, 1940. "Executive Agents in American foreign relations." Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1929. "How to Achieve the Inevitable." Providence: Brown University Press, 1943. "The Nature of a Liberal Arts College," Appleton, Wisconsin: Lawrence College Press, 1937. "Policy Perspectives," Providence: Brown University Press, 1964. "Prepare for Peace!" New York: Harper, 1941. "Strategy of Peace" Boston: World Peace Organization, 1944. "Voices of America" Stamford, Connecticut. Overbrook Press, 1953. "Washington's Foreign Policy as a Guide for Today." Middletown Connecticut: Press of Pelton & King, 1925. "Wriston speaking: A selection of addresses." Providence: Brown University Press, 1957. Preceded by:
Samuel G. Plantz>
width="40%" align="center"| President of Lawrence University width="30%" align="center"| Succeeded by:
Thomas Nichols Barrows
Wriston, Henry Merritt Wriston, Henry Merritt

External Links

Lawrence University Brown University Lawrence's Portait of Henry Merritt Wriston Short bio of Wriston from Brown University Council on Foreign Relations The American Assembly

 

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