Louis T. Benezet
American educator, education administrator and multiple U.S. university president (1915–2002)
Louis Tomlinson Benezet (June 29, 1915 in La Crosse, Wisconsin – January 23, 2002 in Mill Valley, California) was an American educator, education administrator and president at four U.S. universities. He was the son of Louis P. Bénézet, a professor at Dartmouth College.
Biography
Education
He received his B.A. at Dartmouth College in 1936, his MA in psychology at Reed College in 1939, and his Ph.D. in college and educational administration at Columbia University in 1942.
Career
In 1943, he was an Associate Professor of Psychology at Knox College. His 1943 work General Education in the Progressive College explores the educational system at three progressive colleges, namley Sarah Lawrence College and Bard College in New York and Bennington College in Vermont.
From 1948 to 1955 he was president of Allegheny College, and from 1955 to 1963, president of Colorado College. He transformed Colorado College into a nationally recognized training center. The annual "Louis Benezet Award" at Coloardo College was named after him.
From 1963 to 1970 he was president of Claremont Graduate School and University Center in Claremont, California. As president of Claremont, he left a nationally important legacy, since he organized a change in the "College Rating System", introducing a system which reflected the actual performance of alumni in later life, by following-up on former students with greater efficiency.
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