1. George Norlin was president of the University of Colorado.
13 Facts About George Norlin
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George Norlin moved to Fish Creek, Wisconsin with his family in 1879.
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George Norlin received his Bachelor of Arts in Greek from Hastings College in 1893.
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George Norlin worked as a Greek instructor there before studying at the University of Chicago, where he received a Ph.
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George Norlin was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
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Professor George Norlin taught Greek language and literature at the University of Colorado from April 1899 to 1917.
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George Norlin was named acting president of the University of Colorado in May 1917 when university president Livingston Farrand left for France to head the Rockefeller Foundation.
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George Norlin was unanimously elected president on February 24,1919 after Farrand resigned outright.
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George Norlin is remembered for resisting efforts by the Ku Klux Klan, which had taken control of the Colorado legislature in about 1922.
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George Norlin was a Weil Lecturer at the University of North Carolina in 1934 and was a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
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However, due to controversy over the appointment of his successor, Norlin remained president until Robert L Stearns succeeded him on September 8,1939.
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George Norlin married Mildred "Minnie" Covert Deutcher on June 21,1904 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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The George Norlin Library, located in the George Norlin Quadrangle of the University of Colorado, was named in his honor in 1944.