Corson, Fred Pierce

President Fred Pierce Corson '17 (far left) stands with honorary degree recipients and faculty in front of the Alumni Gym during Commencement on June 11, 1934. Former President James Henry Morgan, a member of the Board of Trustees and the Class of 1878, stands on the far right.

Fred Pierce Corson, a member of the Class of 1917, is elected President of Dickinson College in 1934.

View as President Fred Pierce Corson (left) stands beside trustee James Henry Morgan (center) and President of the Board of Trustees, Boyd Lee Spahr (right).

Corson is Class of 1917, Morgan is Class of 1878, and Spahr is Class of 1900.

View of trustee Edgar Rohrer Heckman (second row, far right), a member of the Class of 1897, in academic regalia with members of the Board of Trustees and other college administrators in 1935.

Boyd Lee Spahr (Class of 1900), Gilbert Malcolm (Class of 1915), and William Wilcox Edel (Class of 1915) are standing on the far left. President Fred Pierce Corson is at the center of the first row. Former President James H. Morgan (Class of 1878) is in the second row on the right.

View of Zatae Longsdorff Straw (Class of 1887) with President Corson (Class of 1917) and Dean of Women Josephine Meredith (Class of 1901) at Commencement in 1937. 

Left to Right: Dr. Straw ; President Corson ; Dean Meredith

View of President Fred P. Corson (on left, Class of 1917), Pennsylvania Governor Arthur H. James (with shovel), and Judge Foster [Heller?] at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Bosler Hall renovations in April 1940.

View of an event during Commencement weekend at Dickinson around 1940. President Fred Pierce Corson (Class of 1917) is standing second from left.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: "D'son graduation - Uncle Mac [McElfish] - upper left"

Robert F. Rich '07 (left) accepts an honorary degree from President Fred Corson '17 during Commencement on June 9, 1941.

President Fred Corson '17 (far left) stands with Honorary degree recipients, including Robert F. Rich '07 (third from left) and Robert H. Montgomery (fourth from left), during Commencement on June 9, 1941.

Dr. Julia Morgan (Class of 1911) receives an honorary degree at Commencement on June 1, 1942. 

Left to Right: President Fred Pierce Corson (Class of 1917) ; Dr. Julia Morgan ; [unknown]

Several faculty from the 32nd College Training Detachment with Dickinson College President Fred P. Corson (far left) in 1944.

Officers from the 32nd College Training detachment with Dickinson College President Fred Corson in 1944.

Colonel John Hartigan, Lt. Gustaf Anderson, Lt. Eldridge, Lt. Gorson, Lt. Henry E. Smith, and President Corson (second from left).

Fred Pierce Corson (left) is a member of the Class of 1917 and served as College President from 1934 to 1944. Corson chose to retire to take up the appointment as Bishop of the United Methodist Church's Philadelphia area until he retired permanently in 1968.