Bennet Tyler
Encyclopedia
The Rev. Bennet Tyler was an American Congregational clergyman and educator. He served as president of Dartmouth College
between 1822 and 1828.
, Dartmouth Trustees selected Bennett Tyler, a South Britain, Connecticut, minister and Yale graduate. Tyler was a devout leader who insisted on shouldering the responsibility of preaching in the College church, leaving the responsibility for the instruction of the senior class to one of the professors. He was successful in endowing the first scholarship at Dartmouth, intended for "the education of pious, indigent young men for the ministry," and in stabilizing the numbers of enrolled students—numbers which had plummeted during the years of the Revolutionary War.
It was during President Tyler's administration that Dartmouth students successfully petitioned the College to admit its first African American student, Edward Mitchell
, in 1824. Tyler returned to the ministry after six years in office.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
between 1822 and 1828.
Biography
To succeed President Daniel DanaDaniel Dana
The Rev. Daniel Dana was the president of Dartmouth College, from 1820 to 1821. He graduated from Dartmouth in the class of 1788.-Biography:...
, Dartmouth Trustees selected Bennett Tyler, a South Britain, Connecticut, minister and Yale graduate. Tyler was a devout leader who insisted on shouldering the responsibility of preaching in the College church, leaving the responsibility for the instruction of the senior class to one of the professors. He was successful in endowing the first scholarship at Dartmouth, intended for "the education of pious, indigent young men for the ministry," and in stabilizing the numbers of enrolled students—numbers which had plummeted during the years of the Revolutionary War.
It was during President Tyler's administration that Dartmouth students successfully petitioned the College to admit its first African American student, Edward Mitchell
Edward Mitchell
Edward Paul Mitchell, Jr. was an American rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he won the bronze medal as member of the American boat in the coxed fours event.-External links:*...
, in 1824. Tyler returned to the ministry after six years in office.