Jacob Gould Schurman
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Jacob Gould Schurman was a Canadian-American educator and diplomat, who served as President of Cornell University and United States Ambassador to Germany.
Schurman in 1930
The cornerstone of the Shanghai American Club laid by Schurman in 1924
Schurman Commission
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The Schurman Commission, also known as the First Philippine Commission, was established by United States President William McKinley on January 20, 1899, and tasked to study the situation in the Philip
Jacob Gould Schurman
…admitting two Black female students to Sage Hall despite 269 of their white female peers petitioning to deny them residency. He was the chairman of the First United States Philippine Commission in 1899, and wrote a part of the official report to Congress and Philippine Affairs--A Retrospect and an Outlook (1902). With J. E. Creighton and James…
Composition of the Schurman Commission. From left to right: Mr. Dean C. Worcester, Colonel Charles Denby, Jacob G. Schurman (president), Mr. John R. MacArthur (secretary), Admiral George Dewey and General E. S. Otis
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