| 词条 | Charles Herbert Levermore |
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BiographyHe was born on October 15, 1856 in Mansfield, Connecticut.[2] Levermore attended Yale University, where he received an A.B., class of 1879, and Johns Hopkins University, where he received a Ph.D. in 1885. At the latter institution he became friends with a young Thomas Woodrow Wilson, both being fellow members of the Glee Club. Later he became a Professor of History at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Levermore was appointed head of Adelphi Academy in 1893 and subsequently established the liberal arts Adelphi College in Brooklyn, NY in 1896. To this day, Adelphi's main administrative building, Levermore Hall, is named after him[1] and the university's flagship global honors program also still bears his name - the Levermore Global scholars Program.[2] In 1924, Levermore attempted to mobilize support for the League of Nations, conceived by his former classmate, President Woodrow Wilson. Levermore was awarded the American Peace Award, created the year before by Edward Bok, for "the best practicable plan by which the United States may co-operate with other nations to achieve and preserve the peace of the world." This plan would have had the United States enter the League of Nations under special status. However, ultimately, this also proved unsuccessful.[3][4] He died on October 20, 1927 in Berkeley, California.[5] Books
References1. ^Adelphi University Campus Map http://map.adelphi.edu/html/BLD_2014092257553.html 2. ^Levermore Global Scholars Program, Adelphi University http://lgs.adelphi.edu/ 3. ^1 {{cite news | title=Charles Herbert Levermore |url=http://www.adelphi.edu/levermorescholars/charles-levermore.php |accessdate=2013-11-18 }} 4. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=1002nd Night |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,717640,00.html |quote=The Bok Peace Prize was awarded in Philadelphia before 3,500 citizens who assembled in the Academy of Music. John W. Davis, former Ambassador to Great Britain, made the presentation of the $50,000 check, with $50,000 more to follow if the referendum now being taken shows 'sufficient popular support.' Dr. Charles Herbert Levermore of Brooklyn, former President of Adelphi College, was the recipient. ... |work=Time magazine |date=February 11, 1924 |accessdate=2013-11-18 }} 5. ^1 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Dr. C. H. Levermore Who Won $100,000 Peace Prize Dies. Native of Mansfield and Yale Graduate Victim of Heart Attack |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/doc/557416309.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct%2022,%201927&author=&pub=Hartford%20Courant&edition=&startpage=&desc=Dr.%20C.%20H.%20Levermore%20Who%20Won%20$100,000%20Peace%20Prize%20Dies |quote=Dr. Charles Herbert Levermore, 71, winner of the $100,000 Bok peace prize, dropped dead here yesterday while addressing a women's organization on plans to promote world peace. Physicians said death was caused by heart disease. |newspaper=Associated Press in the Hartford Courant |date=October 22, 1927 |accessdate=2013-11-18 }} Further reading
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