Arthur F. Whittem

Ellen Alden Huntington

(m. 1912)

Children2

Arthur Fisher Whittem (July 21, 1879 – February 13, 1958) was the Chairman of Commission on Extension Courses and Director of the University Extension at Harvard University from 1922 to 1946. He was the second person to hold the position.^[1]

Biography

Arthur Fisher Whittem was born in Boston on July 21, 1879.^[2] He graduated from Harvard College in 1902 and served as a professor of Romance languages and as director of the Harvard Summer School before becoming dean.^[3]

He married Ellen Alden Huntington on December 21, 1912, and they had two children.^[2]

He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on February 13, 1958.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Shinagel 2010.
^ ^a ^b Harvard College Class of 1902 Secretary's Fifth Report. June 1917. pp. 311–312. Retrieved May 5, 2023 – via Google Books.
^ "Prof Whittem Made a Harvard Dean". Boston Daily Globe. June 10, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved May 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Arthur F. Whittem". The Boston Globe. February 14, 1958. p. 28. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Arthur Fisher Whittem". Harvard Alumni Bulletin. Vol. LX. 1957–1958. p. 402. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Google Books.

Works cited

Shinagel, Michael (2010). The Gates Unbarred: A History of University Extension at Harvard, 1910 - 2009. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674051355.

External links

Arthur F. Whittem at Find a Grave

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Preceded by James Hardy Ropes	Dean of the Harvard Extension School 1922 - 1946	Succeeded by George W. Adams

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