Ernest Fox Nichols
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Ernest Fox Nichols (1869–1924) was a U.S. educator and physicist. He founded the Physical Review in 1899. He then served as the 10th President of Dartmouth College between 1909 and 1916, after which he served as the president of MIT from 1921 until 1923.
Dartmouth Presidency:
The appointment of Ernest Fox Nichols as the 10th president in the Wheelock Succession could be seen as both a reflection of the times and a tribute to the quality of Dartmouth's faculty. A member of the physics department and its chair at the time of his appointment, Nichols' pioneering work in the measurement of radiation expanded the frontiers of knowledge at the end of the 19th century. He was the first Dartmouth president since John Wheelock who was not a member of the clergy, yet his deep appreciation of the importance of broad-based scholarship to the moral and spiritual growth of students was internationally recognized.
Many of the College's most cherished institutions and traditions took shape during the Nichols administration, including the Dartmouth Outing Club and Winter Carnival. In addition, to improve communications between Dartmouth and its growing body of graduates, President Nichols established the Dartmouth Council of Alumni.
Ernest Fox Nichols stepped down in 1916 to become a professor of physics at Yale University and subsequently became president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Posted with Permission from Dartmouth College (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/features/succession/nichols.html)
External Links
- President of Dartmouth College (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~presoff)
- Dartmouth College (http://www.dartmouth.edu/)
- Wheelock Succession (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/features/succession/)