Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History

Sauer, Anne

Branco, Jessica

Bennett, John

Crowley, Zachary

2000

Hallowell, Burton Crosby, 1915-

 

Burton Crosby Hallowell (1915- ) served as president of Tufts from 1967 to 1976.He was born in Orleans, Massachusetts, on May 2, 1915.He received his B.A. (1936) and M.A. (1938) from Wesleyan University and his Ph. D. (1949) from Princeton University. He received honorary L.H.D. degrees from Wesleyan University and Boston University in 1969 and honorary LL. D. degrees from Northeastern University in 1973 and American International College in 1975.He worked as an instructor of economics at Wesleyan from 1941-42, before working for the United States' Office of Strategic Services in 1942 and the Army of the United States from 1942-46.From 1946 to 1967, Hallowell was a professor of economics at Wesleyan. Hallowell served as Wesleyan's Vice President for Planning and Development from 1962-65 and Executive Vice President from 1965-67.

In 1967, he was inaugurated as President of Tufts University. He is credited with successfully applying his financial planning skills to Tufts' budget. His presidency was marked by episodes of student unrestincluding Vietnam war protests, protests over the presence of army recruiters on campus, and the "Construction Site Crisis" of 1969.The "Construction Site Crisis" occurred when student groups protested the absence of minority workers on dormitory construction crews. Hallowell's adminstration responded to demands for social and educational change by examining and changing the Tufts' curriculum. Committees such as the University Steering Committee, the Committee on Undergraduate Education, and the President's Adminstrative Advisory Group were very active during this time. Hallowell supported the Experimental College and the College Within, both designed to support self-designed programs of study. He resigned as President in 1976, in accordance with his belief that such a position should be held for no longer than a decade.

Source: History from finding aid for the Burton Crosby Hallowell collection, UA001.012

 
 
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Dame, Lorin Low, 1838-1903
Dana, Charles A., 1881-1975
Dana Laboratory, 1963
Daniel Ounjian Prize in Economics,
Davies, Caroline Stodder, 1864-1939
Davies House, 1894
De Florez Prize in Human Engineering, 1964
de Pacheco, Kaye MacKinnon, ca. 1910-ca. 1985
Dean Hall, 1887-1963
Dean, Oliver, 1783-1871
Dearborn, Heman Allen, 1831-1897
Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, 1893
Department of Anesthesia, 1970
Department of Art and Art History, 1930
Department of Biochemistry, 1893
Department of Chemistry, 1882
Department of Community Health, 1930
Department of Dermatology, 1897
The Department of Economics, 1946
Department of Medicine, 1893
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Department of Neurology, 1893
Department of Neuroscience, 1983
Department of Neurosurgery, 1951
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1893
Department of Ophthamology, 1893
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 1906
Department of Otolaryngology, 1895
Department of Pathology, 1893
Department of Pediatrics, 1930
Department of Pharmacology, 1915
Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1854
Department of Physiology, 1893
Department of Psychiatry, 1928
Department of Radiation Oncology, 1968
Department of Radiology, 1915
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1955
Department of Surgery, 1893
Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, 1973
Department of Urology, 1910
Dental Health Sciences Building, 1969
Dewick, Cora Alma (Polk), 1875-1977
Dewick/MacPhie Dining Hall, 1959
Dickson Professorship of English and American History, 1913
Dirlam, Arland A., 1905-1979
Dog Cart, 1900
Dolbear, Amos Emerson, 1837-1910
Donald A. Cowdery Memorial Scholarship, 1946
Dr. Benjamin Andrews Professorship of Surgery, 1987
Dr. Philip E. A. Sheridan Prize, 1977
The Drug Bust, 1970
Dudley, Henry Watson, 1831-1906
Dugger, Edward Jr., 1919-75
Durkee, Frank W., 1861-1939
Durkee, Henrietta Noble Brown, 1871-1946
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