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Eliphaz Fay
American college president (1797–1854) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eliphaz Fay (April 27, 1797 – March 19, 1854) served as the fourth president of Colby College (then called the Waterville College) in Maine.[1]
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Personal life
Fay was born to Solomon Fay, and Suzannah Morse, a schoolteacher in Marlborough, Massachusetts.[2] Graduated from Brown University in 1821.[3] He married Mary Helen (Lee) on April 20, 1829.[2] His children were Susan Mary, William Wirt, Henry Harrison, Caroline Louise.[2]
Work
Fay had a career as a lawyer.[1] In 1832 he was the first principal of New Paltz Academy.[1] From 1833-1834 he published The Independence, a newspaper in Poughkeepsie, New York, which "advocate(d) the cause of Anti-Masonry, literature, science, temperance, morality and religion." Editor: Eliphaz Fay, 1832-1834.[4]
Elected President of Colby College in August 1841, after a year when the college had no president for the prior year. The enrollment was 76.[5]
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