Julius Hawley Seelye was a missionary, author, United States representative, and former president of Amherst College. The system of Latin honors in use at many universities worldwide is said to have been created by him.
Julius Hawley Seelye
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts. The institution was named after the town, which in turn had been named after Jeffery, Lord Amherst, Commander-in-Chief of British forces of North America during the French and Indian War. Originally established as a men's college, Amherst became coeducational in 1975.
The Amherst graduating class of 1850, including William Austin Dickinson (second row, far left), brother of poet Emily Dickinson
Fayerweather Hall
Frost Library
College Row, consisting of Williston, South, North, and Appleton halls, with Johnson Chapel at center