Fred Pierce Corson, Former President of the College, Dies

Fred Pierce Corson, president of the College from 1934 to 1944, and a member of the Board of Trustees from 1944 to 1967, died of a cerebral hemorrhage while on vacation in St. Petersburg, Florida. Corson was born in Millville, N.J. in 1896. He graduated from Dickinson in 1917 and earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Drew University in 1920. He went on to serve as a pastor in several Methodist churches in New York and Connecticut before becoming superintendent of the Brooklyn South District of the Methodist Church, then president of the college. President Samuel A. Banks wrote "Efficient, thorough and dedicated to the causes to which he made commitment, Dr. Corson sought to enhance the curriculum and other aspects of the program at the College under conditions very different from those we know today- the economy of the Depression and the upheaval of World War II. We acknowledge his achievements and remember him with respect and appreciation".