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    Edgar Odell Lovett, Rice Institute President, in bowler hat

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    Date
    ca. 1908
    Abstract
    Edgar Odell Lovett, mathematics professor and president of Rice Institute (now Rice University), was born in Shreve, Ohio, on April 14, 1871, the son of Zephania and Maria Elizabeth (Spreng) Lovett. After graduating from Shreve High School he entered Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia, where he graduated in 1890 at the age of nineteen. From 1890 until 1892 he was professor of mathematics at West Kentucky College; in 1892 he became an instructor at the University of Virginia, where he continued his studies and received the degree of M.A. and Ph.D. in 1895. The following year he studied in Europe at the universities of Christiana and Leipzig; he received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the latter in 1896. In 1897 Lovett lectured at Johns Hopkins University and the universities of Virginia and Chicago. In September of that year he became instructor in mathematics at Princeton University. He was promoted to assistant professor and head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at Princeton. In 1907 he was asked to head Rice Institute, then being planned at Houston; he was recommended for the post by Woodrow Wilson, then president of Princeton. He accepted in 1908, moved to Houston, and was formally inaugurated as the first president of the institute on October 12, 1912; he continued in this capacity until his retirement on March 1, 1946. Thereafter, he was associated with Rice as president emeritus, director, and consultant. He was a member of many learned societies, including Phi Beta Kappa, the London Mathematical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Circolo Matematico di Palermo, Societe Mathematique de France, and the Royal Astronomical Society. The degree of L.L.D. was conferred on him by Drake University, Tulane University, Baylor University, and Bethany; that of Sc.D. was conferred upon him by Colorado College. In 1898 Lovett married Mary Ellen Hale of Mayfield, Kentucky; they had two daughters and two sons. He died on August 13, 1957, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston. Excerpted from The New Handbook of Texas, vol. 4, 1996. 308.
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    Sepia-tone photograph of William M. Rice Institute's first president, Edgar Odell Lovett. He is standing on the bottom of the porch stairs outside a house, wearing a three-piece suit and a bowler hat and looking off to the side. One of the double front doors is open.
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    "Edgar Odell Lovett, Rice Institute President, in bowler hat." (1908) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70162.
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    People; William M. Rice Institute; Lovett, Edgar Odell, 1871-1957; William M. Rice Institute--Presidents; Bowler hats--Texas--Houston; More... Rice University--History Less...
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    Rice University
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70162
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    This material is in the public domain and may be freely used.
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