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Thomas Henry Carroll II (12 May 1914 – 27 July 1964)[1][2] was the President of the George Washington University from 1961 to 1964.
Thomas H. Carroll II | |
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13th President of the George Washington University | |
In office 1961–1964 | |
Preceded by | Cloyd H. Marvin |
Succeeded by | Lloyd Hartman Elliott |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 May 1914 San Francisco, California |
Died | 27 July 1964 |
Spouse | Evelyn Elliott |
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.
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]
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