Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1916 — President of Yale is Dead At Home in New Haven, Conn. [ARTICLE]

President of Yale is Dead At Home in New Haven, Conn.

New Haven, Conn., May 26.—'The Rev.'Dr. Timothy Dwight, former president of Yale university, died at his home here today. Dr. Dwight was 88 years old. He retired from the presidency of Yale in 1899. Dr. Dwight was bom at Norwich, N0v.16, 1828; was graduated from Yale in 1849, and was president of the university from 1886 to 1899, when he was succeeded by Dr. Arthur T. Hadley. Dr. Dwight was the son of James and Susan Dwight, and grandson of the Rev. Timothy Dwight r who was president of Yale college from 1795 to 1817. Timothy Dwight’s early, education was uilder the supervision of his parents.