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James, Glenn, 1882-1961

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1882 - 1961

biographical statement

Glenn James was born on October 2, 1882, in Lincolnville, Indiana. He attended Vincennes University from 1901-1903, followed by Indiana University, where he received an A. B. degree in 1905 and an A. M. in 1910. He studied at Chicago University two summers and at Columbia one summer throughout the year 1915-1916, earning his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1917.

Glenn James was an instructor of mathematics at the Michigan Agricultural College from 1905-1908 and at Purdue University from 1908-1917. From 1917-1919 Glenn was an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Purdue. He then moved to Carnegie Institute of Technology as Associate Professor of Mathematics, where he remained until 1922. In that year he joined the faculty of the new Southern Branch of the University of California as Assistant Professor and became Associate Professor in 1925. He retired from active teaching in 1949.

Professor James died on September 2, 1961 at Arroyo Grande, California.

Citation:
MSF 192, Glenn James papers, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries.
Citation:
"Glenn James, Mathematics: Los Angeles," 1962, University of California: In Memoriam, UC History Digital Archives, University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, accessed October 13, 2009. https://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb0b69n6g4&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00006&toc.depth=1&toc.id=
Citation:
The Annual Catalogue of Purdue University 1908-1909, UA175i035, UA175, The Collection of Purdue University Course Catalogs, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries, 11. https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/collection/ua175/id/25510/rec/208
Citation:
The Forty-Fourth Annual Catalogue of Purdue University 1917-18, UA175i044, UA175, The Collection of Purdue University Course Catalogs, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries, 9. https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/collection/ua175/id/6870/rec/217
Citation:
Board of Trustees minutes, 1919 Oct. 08, BOTM19191008, UA 58, Purdue University Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries, 14. https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/collection/bot/id/553/rec/20

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Glenn James papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 25, Placement: 05
Identifier: MSF 192
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two copies of Glenn James' dissertation.

Dates: 1917