George Edwin MacLean

George Edwin MacLean (August 31, 1850 – May 3, 1938) was an American college administrator who served as president of the University of Iowa and chancellor of the University of Nebraska.

George Edwin MacLean
Born	(1850-08-31)August 31, 1850 Rockville, Connecticut, US
Died	May 3, 1938(1938-05-03) (aged 87) Washington, D.C., US
Education	Williams College Yale University Leipzig University
Occupation	Educator
Spouse	Clara S. Taylor ​ (m. 1874)​
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Biography

George Edwin MacLean was born in Rockville, Connecticut, on August 31, 1850.^[1]

He was an alumnus of Williams College (A.B. 1871, A.M. 1874, LL.D. 1895), Yale (B.D. 1874), and Leipzig (Ph.D. 1883). From 1884 to 1895 he was a professor of English language and literature at the University of Minnesota. From 1895 to 1899 he was the sixth chancellor of the University of Nebraska.^[2] He became the eighth president of the University of Iowa in 1899 and served until 1911.^[3]

He married Clara S. Taylor on May 20, 1874.^[1]

MacLean died at his home in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 1938.^[4]