Edmund Ezra Day (December 7, 1883 – March 23, 1951) was an American educator.
Edmund Ezra Day | |
|---|---|
 Day in 1947 | |
| 5th President of Cornell University | |
| In office 1937–1949 | |
| Preceded by | Livingston Farrand |
| Succeeded by | Cornelis de Kiewiet acting |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 7, 1883 Manchester, New Hampshire[1] |
| Died | March 23, 1951 (aged 67) Ithaca, New York |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College (A.B., M.A.) Harvard University (Ph.D.) |
Biography
editDay received his undergraduate and master's degrees from Dartmouth College and his doctorate in economics from Harvard. While at Dartmouth, he became a brother of Theta Delta Chi. In 1921 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[2] In 1923 he went to the University of Michigan, where he served as professor of economics, organizer and first dean of the School of Business Administration, and Dean of the University. He went on to serve as the fifth president of Cornell University from 1937 to 1949. While in office, he helped establish the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell.
Legacy and honors
editThe main administrative building at Cornell was built in 1947 and named Day Hall in his honor.[3] Day is one of only fifteen people whose remains are interred in Cornell's Sage Chapel, a list which includes founders Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, as well as "third founder" Henry W. Sage.[4]
References
edit- ^ Rothe, Anna (June 1946). Current Biography: Who's News and Why, 1946. ISBN 9780824201128.
- ^ List of ASA Fellows Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ "2026-Day Hall Facility Information". Facilities and Campus Services. Cornell University. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "History: Finding Cornell's Forefathers in Sage Chapel Crypt". Cornell Daily Sun. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
External links
edit- Cornell Presidency: Edmund Ezra Day
- Cornell University Library Presidents Exhibition: Edmund Ezra Day (Presidency; Inauguration)
- Guide to the Edmund Ezra Day arbitration files, 1949. #5094. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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