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Prename: | Ellen Fitz |
Surname: | Pendleton |
Profession: | College president |
Birthday: | 08/07/1864 |
Place of birth: | Westerly, RI |
Date of death: | 07/26/1936 |
Place of death: | Newton, MA |
Education: | 1886 A.B., 1891 A.M. Wellesley College; 1898–1900 Newnham College, Cambridge |
Career: | 1886–88 tutor, 1888–97 instructor, 1897–1901 secretary, 1901–11 dean and associate professor of mathematics at Wellesley College, 1911–24 college president; 1911 honorary degree (Litt.D.) Brown University; 1912 honorary degree (LL.D) Mount Holyoke College |
Memberships: | 1917 Association of Collegiate Alumnae (ACA) War Service Committee; 1923–27 president, American Association of University Women (AAUW); member and chair of the College Entrance Examination Board |
Biographical literature: | [*American National Biography Online*, "Ellen Fitz Pendleton"](http://www.anb.org/articles/09/09-00586.html) |
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