Thomas H. Carroll

Thomas H. Carroll II
13th President of the George Washington University
In office
1961–1964
Preceded byCloyd H. Marvin
Succeeded byLloyd Hartman Elliott
Personal details
Born12 May 1914
San Francisco, California
Died27 July 1964
SpouseEvelyn Elliott

Thomas Henry Carroll II (12 May 1914 – 27 July 1964)[1][2] was the President of the George Washington University from 1961 to 1964.

Career

Carroll gained degrees from the University of California at Berkeley (Economics and business, 1934) and Harvard Business School, then became an assistant dean at Harvard from 1939 to 1942.[3] He served in the US Naval Reserve as a lieutenant junior grade during World War II from August 1942 to December 1945.[1] He became Dean of the College of Business Administration at Syracuse University in 1945,[4] and then Dean of the School of Commerce at the University of North Carolina in 1950.[5][6] He was president of the Harvard Business School Association for 1955-56. He became an Associate Director of the Ford Foundation in November 1953,[7] and became vice-president of the foundation before becoming president of George Washington University in 1961.[8] He was succeeded as president of the university by Lloyd H. Elliott in 1964 following his death.

Personal life

Grave at Arlington National Cemetery

Carroll was born in San Francisco, California.[1] He married Polly Holcolin Burgess in December 1941[3] and had two sons, Thomas III and Bruce.[2] He died from a heart attack in 1964 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[2] His widow Polly died in 1993.[9]

Books

  • Carroll, Thomas H. Business Education for Competence and Responsibility. The American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1954

References

  1. ^ a b c Current biography yearbook. Vol. 23. H.W. Wilson Company. 1963. p. 78.
  2. ^ a b c "Thomas Carroll, Educator". The New York Times. 28 July 1964.
  3. ^ a b "Dec 13. chosen as date for Polly Burgess wedding". Berkeley Daily Gazette. 7 November 1941. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Carroll Named Dean at Syracuse". The New York Times. 17 November 1945.
  5. ^ "From Syracuse U . . Carolina's New Dean". The Daily Tar Heel. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 25 February 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 5 December 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Carroll New Dean". The Robesonian. Lumberton, North Carolina. 6 February 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 5 December 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Ford Fund name a Sixth Director; Dr. T. H. Carroll, Business Dean of North Carolina U., to Join Foundation Panel at Once". The New York Times. 12 November 1953.
  8. ^ "University Names New President". The New York Times. 7 August 1960.
  9. ^ "Obituaries". The Washington Post. 19 September 1994.