Willard Fiske
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Daniel Willard Fiske was an American librarian and scholar, born on November 11, 1831, at Ellisburg, New York. He was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership in 1895.
Fiske playing chess, c. 1900
Dedication plaque on Uris Library referencing Henry W. Sage's gift in lieu of Jennie McGraw's estate bequest ("whose purpose to found a great library for Cornell University has been defeated") after the resolution of the Great Will Case
Andrew Dickson White
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Andrew Dickson White was an American historian and educator who co-founded Cornell University, one of eight Ivy League universities in the United States, and served as its first president for nearly two decades. He was known for expanding the scope of college curricula. A politician, he had served as New York state senator and was later appointed as U.S. ambassador to Germany and Russia.
Andrew and his brother dedicated the spire of St. Paul's Cathedral in Syracuse to their mother.
White as a junior or senior at Yale College wearing his Skull and Bones pin
White in 1865, when he and Ezra Cornell co-founded Cornell University