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Truesdel Peck Calkins
1877–1942First President of Hofstra University
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Brownville, birthplace of the first President of Hofstra university Truesdel Peck Calkins
Truesdel Peck Calkins, the first President of Hofstra university, was born in 1877. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Their story is told in one language so far. Of the bordering towns, Watertown has the longest list: 31, with Allen Dulles at the top.
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Watertown leads the towns around it, with 31 names.
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Photo credits (4)
- Allen Dulles: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles E. Bohlen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert D. Shaw: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane S. Richards: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Gates, Susa Young, ed., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons