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Revision as of 11:36, 22 November 2012
- See also Wikipedia's article about "Seth Low".
Seth Low CC 1870 was president of Columbia College, then of Columbia University. As you may have guessed, he had a lot to do with the name change. Oh, and the campus moved from Midtown to Morningside Heights under his watch. He also built Low Library, in memory of his father, Abiel Abbott Low.
While the move to Morningside Heights is Low's lasting legacy, equally important was his work to coordinate the activities and faculties of the numerous graduate schools that had been founded under F. A. P. Barnard's watch into a well organized university. His people skills and deft touch earned him the name the "Great Harmonizer."
In 1902, he left Columbia to become mayor of New York City, paving the way for Nicholas Murray Butler to take charge.
The Seth Low Professor of History chair is named after him.
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| Preceded by Frederick A. P. Barnard |
President of Columbia University 1890-1901 |
Succeeded by Nicholas Murray Butler |
