Dr. George D. Olds, former Amherst president, arrives by ship, Los Angeles, 1930

Title: Dr. George D. Olds, former Amherst president, arrives by ship, Los Angeles, 1930
Date Created: 1930
Date: 1930
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: George Daniel Olds was the President Amherst College. Olds was born in Middleport, New York and received his A.B. (1873) and A.M. (1876) from the University of Rochester. He was professor of mathematics at the University of Rochester (1884–1891) and Amherst College (1891–1927). He served as Dean of the College from 1909 to 1922 and President of Amherst College from 1924 to 1927. Among his students was Calvin Coolidge.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Olds, George P. [sic] Dr. Amherst Col. 1930.
Handwritten on negative: Dr. George P. [sic] Olds, ex-president Amherst College.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Olds, George Daniel, 1853-1931
Location: San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: College presidents--California--Los Angeles
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_6901
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cx6kf
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