Class of 1900

    Entries drawn from the college history encyclopedia


Andrew Kerr (1878-1969)
Andrew Kerr, 1900

Andrew Kerr IV was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on October 7, 1878 the son of Andrew and Mary Elizabeth Kerr. His family moved east to Carlisle, Pennsylvania and the young Kerr attended most of his secondary schooling there. He entered the local Dickinson College with the class of 1900 in 1896 and...

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna
Year: Class of 1900

Boyd Lee Spahr (1880-1970)
Boyd Lee Spahr, c.1920

Boyd Lee Spahr was born on April 18, 1880, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. There he grew up in the first block of South Market Street; his father was a local merchant. Young Spahr attended Dickinson College's preparatory school in nearby Carlisle, and then matriculated in the College proper with...

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna, Honorary Degree, President, Trustee
Year: Class of 1900

George Short Williams (1877-1961)
George Short Williams, 1900

George S. Williams was born in Ocean View, Delaware on October 21, 1877 to W.S.H. and Catherine Williams. He was educated at local schools and at the Wilmington Conference Academy, now Wesley College. He entered Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1897 and enrolled in the classical...

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna
Year: Class of 1900

Albert Metzger Witwer (1876-1950)
Albert Metzger Witwer, 1900

Albert Witwer, or "Wit", was born in Lancaster County on March 3, 1876. He attended the Dickinson Preparatory School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and then the College proper. He received his B.A. in 1900 and his M.A. in 1905 from Dickinson. While at Dickinson, Witwer was a member of Sigma Chi,...

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna, Honorary Degree
Year: Class of 1900
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