Hollis B. Frissell
Hollis Burke Frissell (July 14, 1852 – August 5, 1917) was the second president of Hampton Institute.[1][2]
Career[]
He served as the school's chaplain, vice-principal, and then principal until his death in 1917. He was also part of the General Education Board, , Negro Rural School Fund, Anna T. Jeanes Foundation, Calhoun Colored School, Penn Normal, Industrial and Agricultural School, for the , , and served as president of the .[3][1] He corresponded with W. E. B. DuBois, Arthur Curtiss James, Kelly Miller, George Foster Peabody, John D. Rockefeller, President Theodore Roosevelt, and President William Howard Taft.[1]
Personal life[]
He married Julia Frame in 1883 and they had one son.[1]
A library at the Tuskegee Institute built in 1932 was named for him. It was eventually renovated and renamed the Ford Motor Company Library.
The Museum of Modern Art has a platinum print photograph of Frissell.[4] He is depicted in a frieze by Evelyn Beatrice Longman at the Smithsonian Institution.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Frissell, Hollis Burke | HAMPTON UNIVERSITY". hamptonarchives.org.
- ^ Memorial number, Hollis Burke Frissell, November 1917. Press of The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. 1917.
- ^ "Virginia Journal of Education". Virginia Education Association. January 26, 1917 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Frances Benjamin Johnston. Rev. Hollis Burke Frissell, D.D. Chaplain 1880 - 1893. Principal 1893 -. 1899-1900 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ "Hollis Burke Frissell Memorial, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution.
- 1852 births
- 1917 deaths